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Calpurnia Racism Quotes

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Ayden Dixon
Mrs. Andrews
English 1
4/26/2023

“Racism is a disease that can destroy the world”(Lee,) In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, the town of Maycomb is a very racist and heated town. Scout and her brother are well enough to have a maid, Calpurnia. Calpurnia has a very different personality and behavior outside of the Finch household. In Chapter 12, the kids and Calpurnia visit the local black church while Atticus is away. Lee uses literary devices like setting, character, and conflict to transform and change these characters.

The setting of the black church scene and the context of the setting are used as the building blocks of the conflict in this scene. Since the time of the story is the 1930s, there is a great deal of a racial divide. So many places exclude blacks and many places exclude whites. So once Scout and Jem go to the black church, they are met by a black woman named Lula.“‘I wants to know why you bringin’ white chillun to n-word church.’”(Lee, 135) She tells Calpurnia and the kids to leave since the kids are white. But Calpurnia argues with Lula that they can come in. “Lula stopped, but she said, ‘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?’”(Lee 136) …show more content…

Once they enter the church, lula greets them with conflict. Through the conflict, they also learn more about racism and that it can affect everyone. They learn this through Lula, who refuses to let the kids in braces on their race. “‘I wants to know why you bringin’ white chillun to n-word church.’”(Lee, 135) At the time period of the book, racism was very popular, and especially within the town of Maycomb in the book. But racism was on both sides of the

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