Effects Of Racism In To Kill A Mockingbird

I Have A Dream by Martin Luther King Jr. was one of many movements in the extinction of racism. However, it is still everywhere in America today. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is just one example of it in the 1930’s. African American people were looked down upon and it had a huge effect on everyone in the nation, whether they were against black people or standing with them. It had an even bigger effect on the black people themselves because they were the ones who had to give up their lives to white people could live theirs. To Kill A Mockingbird shows how growing up in a society is affected by racism and other social inequalities of humans. In chapter 9 of the book, Calpurnia took Jem and Scout to her church because of Atticus, their dad, being away for a business trip one weekend. Calpurnia is a black woman who works for Atticus as a cook and caretaker but is considered to be family to them. “Luna 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?’” (158). That is just one example of racism in the book. It is not always against black people, this one was about Jem and Scout. Luna thought it was bad for white children to be there because of all things white people have done

The catch, however, is that they would only say it to Jem or Scout. “Francis rose and sprinted down the catwalk to the old kitchen. At a safe distance, he called, ‘He’s nothin’ but a nigger-lover!’” (110). Francis is Jem and Scout’s cousin who is very privileged and full of himself. Scout started questioning her father because of the negative things being said about him. Though she always stood up for him every time, she never knew why it was being said or what it meant. Either way, it shouldn’t be something a child should have to think about or