Examples Of Racial Discrimination In To Kill A Mockingbird

Racial discrimination is a very big topic in the book To Kill a Mockingbird. Racial discrimination is when someone judges you because of what race you are. Tom Robinson had been judged because he was black and he was sent to court because Mayella and her father ,who are white, accused Tom of raping Mayella. Mayella also calls Tom Robinson by the nickname nig***. “I said come here, nigg**, and bust up this chiffarobe for me” (Lee 241). Mayella is calling Tom by an offensive name that could be described as racist. Another racist scene in this book is when Aunt Alexandra says Calpurnia shouldn’t be allowed in Atticus’s house. “Alexandra, Calpurnia’s not leaving this house until she wants to” (Lee 182). Aunt Alexandra doesn’t want Calpurnia at