Racism In The Mockingbird By Harper Lee

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There is quite a bit a examples of racism in the book and the packets. Harper Lee wrote this book in the Great Depression time and when racism was going on. Harper Lee uses real life examples because she wrote about her childhood and her experiences. The connections between Jim Crow laws, Mob Mentality, and the Scottsboro boys. They are both black people accused of rape. All of them have no rights to live their life.
Jim Crow is a set of laws that made black people not have many laws. People believed that Jim Crow was needed because they thought black people were dangerous. They thought that black people were not smart, morality, and citizen behavior. They would not let a black person even touch a white woman because she could have them arrested
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They do that they would not do if they were by themselves (Smith). The lynching is an example when the black boys were hung from a tree and killed. The people in the mob were normal people. They just did it because they wanted excitement (“Strange Fruit: Anniversary”). The Photograph of the Lynching shows no sign of heart or pride. People with no sense of right and wrong (Beitler). People are racist in the Tom Robinson trial because most of the people think Tom is guilty because he is black (Lee 264). People might think he is innocent but because everybody is being racist people just say he is guilty. People might agree with Atticus defending Tom but because everybody is giving him a hard time they just give him a hard time still. When all the people are racist against black people and calling them names. People might not be racist like that but because everybody is saying they are terrible people they just go along with it and say those harsh words …show more content…
People are racist because women will just yell “rape”. People just make up stories because they feel like it (Routledge). The Scottsboro boys are nine boys who were on a train with nine white men and two white women. When the women get off the train they yell rape. They have a one day trial. Eight of the black men were sentenced to go to the chair and the other boy was sentenced to life in prison. The trial is racist because they are black and they do not even get a fair trial. The doctor knows that the women were never raped, but does not even say anything. He just lets them die and go to prison (Anderson). The book has racist events too, because Tom Robinson is in court for rape that he never did. Mayella lied about Tom raping her. Tom never raped Mayella. All the white people have the best jobs out there and the black people have the harder less paying jobs. Black people are treated unfairly in anything there is a white person is better than a white person. When Scout and Jem are helping the old lady who is dying. She makes fun of black people and being cruel about them

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