Examples Of White Supremacy In To Kill A Mockingbird
Harper Lee, an author of an iconic novel that perfectly portrays the occurrence of the White supremacy in America. Showing how the black people were treated, opposed to white people.
The 1960 novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird” set during the Great Depression, is a fitting example of white supremacy in the past. Throughout the novel, black people or “Negroes” were shown as untrustworthy, evil, left out of the community and felons. Comments during the novel were along this line; “White men were the authority figures in Macomb County. They favoured white opinion and believed whites were always innocent. No matter how innocent an African American seemed, they were still proven guilty. (Page 282) “, this quote essentially sums up how to people felt
The 1960 novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird” set during the Great Depression, is a fitting example of white supremacy in the past. Throughout the novel, black people or “Negroes” were shown as untrustworthy, evil, left out of the community and felons. Comments during the novel were along this line; “White men were the authority figures in Macomb County. They favoured white opinion and believed whites were always innocent. No matter how innocent an African American seemed, they were still proven guilty. (Page 282) “, this quote essentially sums up how to people felt