Racial Discrimination Dbq
Discrimination is the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a 19 year old female named Mayella Ewell is accusing Tom Robinson an African- American for raping here and back then in the 1920s it wasn’t supposed to mess around with blacks.The question is Class, Gender ,and Race is mayella powerful? Mayella is powerful in race because whites are considered way better than negroes.
Race shows the measurement of mayella’s power. Mayella is powerful in race because she’s white and the men she’s accusing for raping her is black, back then you weren’t use to .seeing whites with blacks together. In the (document C) in “Ma’am
vs boy” it states “...The way that man called him “boy” all the time an’ sneered at him…..” This quote is showing that Mayella Ewell is powerful in race because she’s white and has more power in the jury decides in her favor and convicts Tom Robinson also the judge calls Tom Robinson “boy” which means black male servant or worker . The judge is being racist by calling him sorts of names like black, negro, “boy”.
Another thing Mayella Ewell is powerful is gender because she’s a female and the jury is compassionate towards females that supposedly have been raped by a negro.In (document B) in “Except when he’s drinking” is shows that “Mayella Ewell was beaten savagely by someone who led almost exclusivley wtih his left….” This is showing that Mayella was beaten up by someone with their left hand.Mayella isn’t powerful like Mr.Ewell because she’s a female and he’s a male but Mayella is more powerful than Tom Robinson even though he’s a male but he’s black.
Race shows the measurement of mayella’s power. Mayella is powerful in race because she’s white and the men she’s accusing for raping her is black, back then you weren’t use to .seeing whites with blacks together. In the (document C) in “Ma’am
vs boy” it states “...The way that man called him “boy” all the time an’ sneered at him…..” This quote is showing that Mayella Ewell is powerful in race because she’s white and has more power in the jury decides in her favor and convicts Tom Robinson also the judge calls Tom Robinson “boy” which means black male servant or worker . The judge is being racist by calling him sorts of names like black, negro, “boy”.
Another thing Mayella Ewell is powerful is gender because she’s a female and the jury is compassionate towards females that supposedly have been raped by a negro.In (document B) in “Except when he’s drinking” is shows that “Mayella Ewell was beaten savagely by someone who led almost exclusivley wtih his left….” This is showing that Mayella was beaten up by someone with their left hand.Mayella isn’t powerful like Mr.Ewell because she’s a female and he’s a male but Mayella is more powerful than Tom Robinson even though he’s a male but he’s black.