“In a multi-racial society, trust, understanding and tolerance are the cornerstones of peace and order”. This quote from Kamisese Mara explains how in a racially diverse society, one must understand the actions of another and tolerate them in order to get past them and move forward in society. Race has played a vital role in society repeatedly throughout historical and modern society. It is up to the people in understanding and tolerating races to eradicate prejudice in society. In “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee and the excerpt “Letter to My Son” by Ta-Nehisi Coates, society is working so that the government and citizens do not have prejudice against people because of their race. Both Ta-Nehisi Coates and Atticus Finch try to teach
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This conversation is a part of his bigger message in trying to convey to Scout and the audience that equality for everyone regardless of their race should exist. In Maycomb, the message of accepting racism is continued through Atticus finch and the case he is representing. When the date of Tom Robinson’s trial as to if he raped Mayella Ewell arises, Atticus takes charge and cross-examines the witnesses as well as his own witness, Tom Robinson. Mayella’s family is very poor and the only thing separating them and the robinsons is their race. Atticus has one last attempt at convincing the jury of tom’s innocence even though the evidence shows that Bob, Mayella’s father, clearly did it. In Atticus’s concluding statement he explains how “[Mayella] was white, and she tempted a Negro” he then tells how “She did something that in [Maycomb’s] society is unspeakable” and that “No code mattered to her before she broke it, but it came crashing down on her afterwards”(Lee 244-255). In this quote, Atticus supports the idea that finding a black man attractive is unspeakable in Maycomb’s society during that time. He conveys to the courthouse, jury members, and the judge of the unbelievable act that Mayella had committed. In
This conversation is a part of his bigger message in trying to convey to Scout and the audience that equality for everyone regardless of their race should exist. In Maycomb, the message of accepting racism is continued through Atticus finch and the case he is representing. When the date of Tom Robinson’s trial as to if he raped Mayella Ewell arises, Atticus takes charge and cross-examines the witnesses as well as his own witness, Tom Robinson. Mayella’s family is very poor and the only thing separating them and the robinsons is their race. Atticus has one last attempt at convincing the jury of tom’s innocence even though the evidence shows that Bob, Mayella’s father, clearly did it. In Atticus’s concluding statement he explains how “[Mayella] was white, and she tempted a Negro” he then tells how “She did something that in [Maycomb’s] society is unspeakable” and that “No code mattered to her before she broke it, but it came crashing down on her afterwards”(Lee 244-255). In this quote, Atticus supports the idea that finding a black man attractive is unspeakable in Maycomb’s society during that time. He conveys to the courthouse, jury members, and the judge of the unbelievable act that Mayella had committed. In