“Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome,” Rosa Parks stated (Website Quote). Atticus wasn’t racist and he raised his children, Jem and Scout, to accept African Americans as if they were equal to white people. The Finch’s love Calpurnia and accepted her as part of her family despite of her skin color, and Atticus accepted to represent Tom Robinson in the court even when he knew the white folks of Maycomb won’t accept it. The African Americans are the symbol of mockingbirds because they don’t bother anyone or cause
“Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome,” Rosa Parks stated (Website Quote). Atticus wasn’t racist and he raised his children, Jem and Scout, to accept African Americans as if they were equal to white people. The Finch’s love Calpurnia and accepted her as part of her family despite of her skin color, and Atticus accepted to represent Tom Robinson in the court even when he knew the white folks of Maycomb won’t accept it. The African Americans are the symbol of mockingbirds because they don’t bother anyone or cause