Racial inequality and segregation were common issues in America. People, mostly whites, were the reason for the implementation of segregation. Which led to horrendous outcomes for the black population. The story discusses many situations where the unfair treatment of black people takes place. Segregation is significant within in To Kill a Mockingbird and is portrayed historically in an accurate way through Tom Robinson and Boo Radley. In this article relating segregation, it states, “By 1900 the line separating white and black people.” (Brown 9) This acknowledges the time in which racial segregation primarily began, continuing throughout the 1930’s. Lee’s novel takes place in the 1930’s while segregation was still spreading and racial inequality was getting worse, with no improvement. …show more content…
According to the people in Maycomb liking the black race isn’t good and is considered trashy, which demonstrates prejudice towards the race. In the article by Nikki Brown, Nikki states that the racism became “deeply enriched” meaning hard to change, similar to the novel where the prejudice gets to a rate where it’s very difficult to see better change. Overall segregation had a major impact on daily lives throughout the 1900’s and was a cruel period of time. In the early 1900’s people believed that the blacks and whites shouldn’t be equal, which led to segregation, which is evident in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird in Tom Robinsons case and Boo Radleys