In “To kill a mockingbird” there are many examples of racism. During the 1960s when the book was published, racism was acceptable and African-American people were constantly dominated and ridiculed by Caucasian people. This novel written by Harper Lee is based on racism against African-American people and the refusal of people to treat everyone equally.
Not only were African People mistreated but those who associated with them were also considered lower in status. Since Atticus is a lawyer and defends African-Americans, he often gets mocked by others. For example, “Your father’s no better than the niggers and trash he works for!” (pg.102) Mrs. Dubose had said this to Jem, the son of the lawyer. Another example is that Scout, the daughter of …show more content…
Everything had to be perfect and they couldn’t make any excuses. For example, “Jem’s growing up now and you are too. We decided that it would be best for you to have some feminine influence.” (pg#127). The reason why Aunt Alexandra moved in with the Finches is so Scout could get some feminine influence from her aunt. Even though Calpurnia lived with the Finches and is a female, Aunt Alexandra ignored this because Calpurnia was an African-American. Another example is that even though Calpurnia, their African housekeeper, didn’t make the perfect cup of coffee she was mocked. “She poured one tablespoonful of coffee into it and filled the cup to the brim with milk. I thanked her by sticking out my tongue at it…” (pg#156). In this time period people were so unfair and it didn’t matter how good an African-American did their job. African people were always expected to do everything perfectly and if they didn’t they would lose their job. They were never treated with respect and would always get mocked even if they didn’t do something perfectly, no matter how much time and effort they had put into making a meal for …show more content…
For example if something went wrong the first person that everyone would suspect would be the African-Americans. Since Bob Ewell was abusive to his daughter, Mayella, he was also the one who had violated his own daughter. Even though Atticus was able to prove Mayella’s side of the story wrong, people ignored that and instead suspected Tom Robinson of raping Mayella only because he was African-American. “She was white and tempted a Negro. She did something that in our society is unspeakable: she kissed a black man. Not an old uncle, but a strong young Negro man” (pg.204). When Mayella went up the witness chair she lied about the entire incident that had occurred, so she tried to destroy Tom Robinson’s reputation so she can cover up her shame. Since most of the people already disliked African-Americans, Mayella thought she could protect herself and make everyone think that she is
Not only were African People mistreated but those who associated with them were also considered lower in status. Since Atticus is a lawyer and defends African-Americans, he often gets mocked by others. For example, “Your father’s no better than the niggers and trash he works for!” (pg.102) Mrs. Dubose had said this to Jem, the son of the lawyer. Another example is that Scout, the daughter of …show more content…
Everything had to be perfect and they couldn’t make any excuses. For example, “Jem’s growing up now and you are too. We decided that it would be best for you to have some feminine influence.” (pg#127). The reason why Aunt Alexandra moved in with the Finches is so Scout could get some feminine influence from her aunt. Even though Calpurnia lived with the Finches and is a female, Aunt Alexandra ignored this because Calpurnia was an African-American. Another example is that even though Calpurnia, their African housekeeper, didn’t make the perfect cup of coffee she was mocked. “She poured one tablespoonful of coffee into it and filled the cup to the brim with milk. I thanked her by sticking out my tongue at it…” (pg#156). In this time period people were so unfair and it didn’t matter how good an African-American did their job. African people were always expected to do everything perfectly and if they didn’t they would lose their job. They were never treated with respect and would always get mocked even if they didn’t do something perfectly, no matter how much time and effort they had put into making a meal for …show more content…
For example if something went wrong the first person that everyone would suspect would be the African-Americans. Since Bob Ewell was abusive to his daughter, Mayella, he was also the one who had violated his own daughter. Even though Atticus was able to prove Mayella’s side of the story wrong, people ignored that and instead suspected Tom Robinson of raping Mayella only because he was African-American. “She was white and tempted a Negro. She did something that in our society is unspeakable: she kissed a black man. Not an old uncle, but a strong young Negro man” (pg.204). When Mayella went up the witness chair she lied about the entire incident that had occurred, so she tried to destroy Tom Robinson’s reputation so she can cover up her shame. Since most of the people already disliked African-Americans, Mayella thought she could protect herself and make everyone think that she is