Martin Luther King Jr. once famously said,“I have a dream that one day right there in Alabama little black boys and little black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers” (Martin Luther King Jr.). During his I Have a Dream speech, King talks about his dreams for an integrated society where race is irrelevant when determining one's character. Racial prejudice and segregation were two negative effects of jim crow laws in the south that impacted the daily lives of citizens in Maycomb County in To Kill A Mockingbird and similarly people in the south during the 1960s. Jim Crow laws segregated whites from blacks in the south and caused blacks to experience discrimination in every aspect of their
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He can’t help himself, that’s why he lives the way he does” (Lee PDF 107). People in Maycomb county believe that Dolphus Raymond is a no good drunk because he is always seen in public drinking from a bottle concealed by a paper bag. He is also ridiculed by the community for having an interracial relationship with a black woman, with whom he has three kids. Jim crow laws forbidding and discouraging interracial relationships cause Dolphus to pretend to drink out of a bag so people can come to the conclusion that he is only with a black woman because he is an alcoholic. Jim crow laws forbidding and discouraging interracial relationships cause Dolphus to pretend to drink out of a bag so people can come to the conclusion that he is only with a black woman because he is an alcoholic. During the Jim Crow Law era, blacks were discriminated against because they were believed to be inferior to blacks, but whites who involved themselves with blacks were considered just as bad by whites with prejudice and racist values and they were outcasts of society.. Dolphus is the symbolic representation that love knows no boundaries and that you should not let other people discriminatory ideals get in the way of loving someone. Dolphus is an important character that influences Scout to see past the deep rooted racism …show more content…
Throughout the novel, Atticus is symbolic of the movement to stop racism and the gaining of civil rights for African Americans. In court with a white majority jury and a white man testifying against a black man, Atticus is unable to stop the spread of racism and discrimination because of Maycomb’s prejudiced people, hence the gun with no bullet. Atticus raising the rifle and aiming even though there is no bullet represents Atticus sticking up for Tom and giving him the best defense he could. Maycomb citizens lived their entire lives under jim crow laws and were taught that blacks were racially inferior to whites and they had no place to interact with whites. Without even knowing a person’s character, they associate blacks with trash because they are black. While African American have made significant strides in gaining equality under the law and in the minds of others, racism is still present in modern society as certain races, primarily blacks, are racially profiled by
He can’t help himself, that’s why he lives the way he does” (Lee PDF 107). People in Maycomb county believe that Dolphus Raymond is a no good drunk because he is always seen in public drinking from a bottle concealed by a paper bag. He is also ridiculed by the community for having an interracial relationship with a black woman, with whom he has three kids. Jim crow laws forbidding and discouraging interracial relationships cause Dolphus to pretend to drink out of a bag so people can come to the conclusion that he is only with a black woman because he is an alcoholic. Jim crow laws forbidding and discouraging interracial relationships cause Dolphus to pretend to drink out of a bag so people can come to the conclusion that he is only with a black woman because he is an alcoholic. During the Jim Crow Law era, blacks were discriminated against because they were believed to be inferior to blacks, but whites who involved themselves with blacks were considered just as bad by whites with prejudice and racist values and they were outcasts of society.. Dolphus is the symbolic representation that love knows no boundaries and that you should not let other people discriminatory ideals get in the way of loving someone. Dolphus is an important character that influences Scout to see past the deep rooted racism …show more content…
Throughout the novel, Atticus is symbolic of the movement to stop racism and the gaining of civil rights for African Americans. In court with a white majority jury and a white man testifying against a black man, Atticus is unable to stop the spread of racism and discrimination because of Maycomb’s prejudiced people, hence the gun with no bullet. Atticus raising the rifle and aiming even though there is no bullet represents Atticus sticking up for Tom and giving him the best defense he could. Maycomb citizens lived their entire lives under jim crow laws and were taught that blacks were racially inferior to whites and they had no place to interact with whites. Without even knowing a person’s character, they associate blacks with trash because they are black. While African American have made significant strides in gaining equality under the law and in the minds of others, racism is still present in modern society as certain races, primarily blacks, are racially profiled by