What Are The Effects Of Racism In To Kill A Mockingbird

Alvin Ailey once said “One of the worst things about racism is what it does to young people.”. The book is told through the perspective of Scout, who is a child, and how the racism in her community affects her and her family. In the time To Kill a Mockingbird takes place, numerous people believed that if you were black you shouldn’t have the same rights as white people. This was a horrible time for people of color because they were discriminated as it shows in the book with Tom Robinson’s case. The effects of racism in the 30’s on the black community is highlighted in the Tom Robinson case. Tom Robinson’s case shows readers that racism influenced the law because black people would be proven guilty even if the evidence showed the accused are innocent. Many people in the book tell Scout that her dad is the N word lover. In the book Scout said “’If you shouldn’t be defendin’ him, then why are you doin’ it?’ ‘For a
During this time, white people and black people lived two different lives. In the book, Lula states “’You ain’t got no business bringin’ white chillun here-they got their church, we got our’n. It is our church, ain’t it, Miss Cal?’ Calpurnia said ‘It’s the same God, ain’t it?’” (158) When this is read, the reader is shown that although black and white people had the same everyday activities like church, they were forced to do it in different buildings in different areas of town. The black community was affected by violence or discriminating words, especially in the book which determines the central idea.
In conclusion, the central idea of To Kill a Mockingbird is that racism affected people greatly because of the Tom Robinson case, the racism back in the 30’s and how that racism affected the black community. Tom Robinson had a higher chance of being prosecuted because of the color of his skin. If you witnessed racism in your community, would you stand up against