Was there any major event that led to the establishment of racism, or did it slowly become an important piece of our country’s past through time? Did someone just wake up one day and know everything there is to know about racism, or was it learned through fictional and nonfictional experiences? Harper Lee was able to display this meaning by using real-life events as inspiration for her novel To Kill a Mockingbird. During this period, there were several connections to Jim Crow, mob mentality, and issues of racism in that time period. All of which are related to the importance and reality of racism, and the taxing effects it took on our country’s history.
In To Kill a Mockingbird, one of the historical references is the Jim Crow laws. …show more content…
Mob mentality is used to refer to something negative and two main factors in this is when a group of people gathers or exists and responsibility of their group action are distributed evenly. Some chaotic and aggressive actions that these mobs would commit would be riots, vandalism, or looting and damaging of innocent homes. This can be shown in the context of the articles, most mobs are created by people who are emotionally unstable or angry about a topic (How Riots Work). Most of the time people join in on mobs just because it’s what everyone around them is doing. This makes them feel as if they almost are obligated to do it. People feel almost invincible or untouchable, and recognize that they are not responsible for their actions because of how big of a group they are in. This is usually displayed when a group may be vandalizing a building or committing another crime. Sometimes teenagers who drink alcohol or smoked cigarettes because of peer pressure (How Riots Work). Mob mentality is also part of our country’s past. Another example from the radio listening is that mobs can attract people from all over the nearby countries, and it is like a county fair, where all these people’s cars are parked along the street as the people in the mob do their horrible actions. People at such events were recorded saying beliefs such as how “unexpected” it was and how “everyone came down.” The biggest shock was how when these innocent African Americans were being dragged down the street, it seemed as if no one cared about them. The people at this event also recorded, “ As the black man looked in the eyes of the viewers, they saw nothing but emptiness as if they did not even care”(“Strange Fruit. Anniversary of a Lynching). A photo taken at the lynching shows how neither the authorities nor the people around the mob cared about the actions of that they were performing. This part of
In To Kill a Mockingbird, one of the historical references is the Jim Crow laws. …show more content…
Mob mentality is used to refer to something negative and two main factors in this is when a group of people gathers or exists and responsibility of their group action are distributed evenly. Some chaotic and aggressive actions that these mobs would commit would be riots, vandalism, or looting and damaging of innocent homes. This can be shown in the context of the articles, most mobs are created by people who are emotionally unstable or angry about a topic (How Riots Work). Most of the time people join in on mobs just because it’s what everyone around them is doing. This makes them feel as if they almost are obligated to do it. People feel almost invincible or untouchable, and recognize that they are not responsible for their actions because of how big of a group they are in. This is usually displayed when a group may be vandalizing a building or committing another crime. Sometimes teenagers who drink alcohol or smoked cigarettes because of peer pressure (How Riots Work). Mob mentality is also part of our country’s past. Another example from the radio listening is that mobs can attract people from all over the nearby countries, and it is like a county fair, where all these people’s cars are parked along the street as the people in the mob do their horrible actions. People at such events were recorded saying beliefs such as how “unexpected” it was and how “everyone came down.” The biggest shock was how when these innocent African Americans were being dragged down the street, it seemed as if no one cared about them. The people at this event also recorded, “ As the black man looked in the eyes of the viewers, they saw nothing but emptiness as if they did not even care”(“Strange Fruit. Anniversary of a Lynching). A photo taken at the lynching shows how neither the authorities nor the people around the mob cared about the actions of that they were performing. This part of