Racial Injustice Today and In To Kill a Mockingbird
While people of color make up about 30% of the U.S. population; they make up 60% of those incarcerated (Is Racism A Serious Problem). Racial injustice is a prominent theme that is shown throughout Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird. Racial injustice is an issue that has plagued the world for centuries and continues to this day. Russell Thaddeus’ Is Racism a Real Problem and Jeff Plunkett’s Reason reflect this theme.
Is Racism a Real Problem discusses modern day racism and how it has changed since. In 1892, a ⅛ black man was thrown in jail for sitting in a “white” railway car. (Is Racism a Real Problem). This connection can be made in To Kill A Mockingbird, when Tom Robinson was unjustly …show more content…
Prevalent throughout Maycomb county is the belief that those who favor black rights are considered “nigger-lovers.” “In prewar America, it was entirely respectable to believe that black people were biologically inferior and inherently prone to criminal behavior”(Reason 1). This preconceived idea is what spread racial injustice not only to Maycomb county but to the United States and other nations. Author Gunnar Myrdal stated in his 1500 page An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy, that blacks were often forced to have a hostile relationship with whites: “Blacks had been made to lead lives of lawless danger” (Reason 3). In chapter 24 of TKAM, Ms.Merriweather refers to blacks as “darkys”, which adds to the increasing hostility between whites and blacks. To add, she orders her “darky” cook to be less “sulky”, shortly after Tom Robinsons’ death. This entirely shows the lack of empathy and solicitude for African Americans during this time period. Treatment similar to this is hatred is what increased the abuse towards blacks, not only verbally but physically.
Racial injustice is a consistent theme shown throughout To Kill A Mockingbird. Racial injustice is an problem that continues to remain relevant nearly 55 years after its publication. This is further emulated in Reason and Is Racism a Real Problem. Unfortunately, biased imprisonment still goes on today and is showing no signs of stopping. Furthermore, an entire end to racism as a whole is unlikely. However, the human race has made leaps and bounds among racism against minorities, and will hopefully continue to make progress against this multi-century
While people of color make up about 30% of the U.S. population; they make up 60% of those incarcerated (Is Racism A Serious Problem). Racial injustice is a prominent theme that is shown throughout Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird. Racial injustice is an issue that has plagued the world for centuries and continues to this day. Russell Thaddeus’ Is Racism a Real Problem and Jeff Plunkett’s Reason reflect this theme.
Is Racism a Real Problem discusses modern day racism and how it has changed since. In 1892, a ⅛ black man was thrown in jail for sitting in a “white” railway car. (Is Racism a Real Problem). This connection can be made in To Kill A Mockingbird, when Tom Robinson was unjustly …show more content…
Prevalent throughout Maycomb county is the belief that those who favor black rights are considered “nigger-lovers.” “In prewar America, it was entirely respectable to believe that black people were biologically inferior and inherently prone to criminal behavior”(Reason 1). This preconceived idea is what spread racial injustice not only to Maycomb county but to the United States and other nations. Author Gunnar Myrdal stated in his 1500 page An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy, that blacks were often forced to have a hostile relationship with whites: “Blacks had been made to lead lives of lawless danger” (Reason 3). In chapter 24 of TKAM, Ms.Merriweather refers to blacks as “darkys”, which adds to the increasing hostility between whites and blacks. To add, she orders her “darky” cook to be less “sulky”, shortly after Tom Robinsons’ death. This entirely shows the lack of empathy and solicitude for African Americans during this time period. Treatment similar to this is hatred is what increased the abuse towards blacks, not only verbally but physically.
Racial injustice is a consistent theme shown throughout To Kill A Mockingbird. Racial injustice is an problem that continues to remain relevant nearly 55 years after its publication. This is further emulated in Reason and Is Racism a Real Problem. Unfortunately, biased imprisonment still goes on today and is showing no signs of stopping. Furthermore, an entire end to racism as a whole is unlikely. However, the human race has made leaps and bounds among racism against minorities, and will hopefully continue to make progress against this multi-century