Examples Of Inequalities And Injustice In To Kill A Mockingbird Today

Inequalities and injustice; To Kill a Mockingbird still relates today.

To Kill a Mockingbird is the story of a young black man wrongfully accused of a crime and a coming of age novel about a young girl living in alabama in the 1930s. Was written in 1960 by harper lee changed the lives of many people. On the 50th anniversary of the book's release day, NPR published an article saying, “To Kill a Mockingbird didn't change everyone's mind, but it did open some. And it made an impression on many young people who, like Scout, were trying to get a grip on right and wrong in a world that is not always fair”(Neary). This book had a huge impact on the world and is still relevant today. The book highlights racism, gender, and many other social issues

One example of this is in Flint when a largely African American community had to switch their water source to harmful water because their city was underfunded. The Britannica released an article showing the harm the dangerous water caused “Tens of thousands of Flint residents were exposed to dangerous levels of lead, and outbreaks of Legionnaire disease killed at least 12 people and sickened dozens more”(Michael Ray). Although this was an accident and they did not mean to posian many of their residents in the city they were forced to choose a different water source to save money. To kill a mockingbird there is also systemic racism; one example of this is when many of the residents of the town of Maycomb did not want to give Tom Robinson a fair trial. Many of the residents did not want Atticus to law for tom. People like Mr. Dubose “not only a Finch waiting on tables but one in the courthouse lawing for n******”(Lee 85). Even though he didn't even commit the crime, many people didn't want to give a fair trial and resented Atticus for doing his job. Tom Robinson was an honest part of society and worked hard for the little he had but was sentenced to a life sentence on almost zero evidence and general knowledge of his being innocent. This was troubling for scouts when she first heard the outcome of the trial “How could they do it, how could they? I don't know, but they did it. They’ve done it before and they did it tonight and they’ll do it again and when they do it seems that only children weep”(lee 213). This situation is way too familiar to many African Americans today knowing that they could also be sentenced just because of the color of their