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Examples Of Racism In To Kill A Mockingbird

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Racism… To Kill A Mockingbird is a book full of it. I chose this topic because it relates to present time. The racism that Tom got just from being a black man was crazy. He was arrested an almost charged with assault and rape ( he was proven not guilty). If you look at most of the cases today there is still racism to this day. If you look at the crim count, black people are 7 to 10 times more likely to get arrested than a white man is.

Tom Robinson was a black man charged of rape and assault in the book To Kill A Mockingbird. His lawyer Atticus was almost beaten because he wouldn't let a group of men into a police station to kill Tom. The only reason that Tom was accused is because he is black. As a result of him being black the people in town thought he was guilty before they even took the case to trial. In addition to that Atticus and his children were given greef because he accepted to protect a black man in court. However since Atticus is a good man he doesn't care if you're black, white, or rainbow he will help out anyone, and I like that about him. At the end of the trial Tom was proven not guilty and Atticus …show more content…

There are many cases that a police officer beat, killed, and arrested people not on a crime that they didn't commit but because of their skin color. If you look at the case of Eric Garner, he was put into a chokehold for 15-20 seconds and killed on the street (NYPD prohibits the use of chokeholds). The evidence shows that he was no resisting arrest. He was accused of selling “loosies” (single cigarettes) and officer Daniel Pantaleo began to detain him. Eric pulled his arm away because he did not deserve to get arrested. At this point the other officers came over and took him down. They had his head pinned into the curb while they were on his back. He said “I can’t breath” around 11 times. The officers didn’t care for him and ended up killing him on the streets of New

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Leading up to the Civil Rights Movement, the black community was in a constant battle against law enforcement treating them unfair compared to the white community. The Scottsboro Boys and Emmett Till’s cases were one of the many times that the legal system showed to be unfair to blacks. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird, the law enforcement and community were very racist against blacks and believed all blacks were criminals. In the story, Atticus Finch, who is a lawyer gets put into a very difficult situation and decides to defend a black man, who went by the name of Tom Robinson.

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To Kill a Mockingbird Many people have been ridiculed because of their skin color. They have been given unfair trials throughout American history. Tom Robinson was accused of raping and beating a white woman. Everyone knew that she was lying, but the jury still came to the conclusion that Mr. Robinson was guilty because he was African American.

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To Kill A Mockingbird In the critically acclaimed novel, “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, it is set in the Great Depression time and a time of extreme racism in the South; a Man named Tom Robinson is convicted of the rape of Mayella Ewell. With that to show, Tom Robinson is innocent because of certain evidence from the novel. In the first place, Tom is black. He would have helped a white woman with whatever she needed to because that’s what he did.

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To Kill A Mockingbird The color of people doesn't change the fact that everyone is equal. The novel “ To kill a Mocking Bird” the man that was being accused of beating and raping Mayella he was discriminated because of his skin tone. Tom was found guilty for something he didn't do. Atticus was defending tom because he felt that it was the right thing to do and he knew that tom wasn't guilty. Tom Robinson's case affected many people because it made people realize that racism isn't right and that they should stand up for what's right.

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Racism is something everyone views in a different way and Harper Lee touched base on it in To Kill a Mockingbird. Racism got Tom Robinson falsely charged with rape. His case was extremely unfair because many people were against him due to the fact that he was a black male. In the end, Tom Robinson was killed unlawfully.

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Throughout To Kill a Mockingbird Atticus is simply defending Tom Robinson in court, “I’m simply defending a Negro-his name’s Tom Robinson” (Lee 86). In Atticus' time period, there was not much of a civil rights movement, and it was the default to be racist. Though Atticus is not explicitly racist, he does not do anything to stop the mistreatment of black people, only defending Tom when he is accused of a crime he had not committed. His goal is to influence the court's decision over Tom. Atticus’ help only spans to help one person, while many black people during this time face much prejudice.

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How is the racial problem of the southern states of USA in the 1930s portrayed in To Kill a Mockingbird? INTRO In the 1930s the Southern states of America suffered from a strong discrimination and racial hatred towards colored people. They had no rights, no respect and were not allowed to go places white people went. In other words they were segregated from the rest of the society.

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The novel “To Kill A Mockingbird” was written in 1960 by Harper Lee in the point of view of a young innocent girl named Scout. One of the main messages that Lee has (need a new word than – indicated or set out) is racism, it plays an important role which strongly impacts many character’s lives unfairly and changes the relationship between two. Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird” shows that it is wrong to hurt someone who does no harm to you, for example, black people are innocent but no way did they have as many rights as white people did. Black people lived hard lives because society was judgemental, irrational and most importantly, racist. As Scout and Jem grow older they learn to cope, take responsibility and are introduced to new aspects of life, one of which is racism.

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The people in Atticus’s community believe Tom is guilty because he is black. Atticus Finch chooses to defend Tom Robinson, because of his beliefs and he wants to set a good example for his children, despite not having any support from his community,

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Essay In the novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee, there are many important messages shown throughout the book. However the primary focus was set on racial prejudice that existed in the 1930s-1940’s in the fictional town of Maycomb County. The racism in the novel was very much a reality in 1930s-1940s America. A very good example of the racial prejudice that existed was in the courtroom during Tom Robinson’s trial, an innocent Negro man held against his will for a crime he did not commit.

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To Kill a Mockingbird “Racism is a grown-up disease, and we must stop our children from spreading it.”- Ruby Bridges. To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel written through children’s eyes to show readers what the problems in a racist time period can do to a community. One of the major themes of Harper Lee’s novel is that racism is a disease with far and deep reaching roots. The fact that feeling hatred toward a person of a different race or color is a disease that can spread from person to person.

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In my opinion that is truly unfair. It makes sense as to why Atticus decided to defend Tom Robinson. He continuously tries to find the good in everyone and believes that the black community contains good people. Atticus had mentioned to his brother, Jack, that Tom was innocent but “doomed”. It was impossible

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The detective could have used force on the suspect but was so concerned about media attention and political correctness. The detective escaped death and could have died by his own gun. It seems like no officers wants to be tagged as racist, and a murderer for killing an unarmed black

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