How Does Calpurnia Use Discrimination In To Kill A Mockingbird

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“Laundry is the only thing that should be separated by colour “quoted by Jamie Foxx To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee discusses discrimination and prejudice through African American and Anglo-Saxon people. Discrimination and prejudice were very common acts in the 1930s.In the novel to kill a mocking bird, prejudice was examined by the misjudging of someone’s skin colour. During the 1930s there were many rules and disadvantages that the African Americans had to face and also follow such as African Americans had to using separate bathrooms, restaurants, cafes, schools and even churches. Discrimination is usually unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice and also when people are different are called names. In addition, African Americans were known to people as “dumb” due to their skin colour, and as a result were not able to do everything or anything they wanted but basic tasks and hard labour.on the other hand prejudice is seen whenever a character shows a dislike for another character because of their race, gender, or social class. …show more content…

As they enter there, many people are happy, yet shocked, to see Anglo-Saxon people attending an African American church. Though, one woman, named Lula, was not pleased with the children being there. She makes it noticeable to Calpurnia she wants the children gone "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? “Quoted Lula. but Zeebo, the garbage collector and Calpurnia's son, quickly acknowledges the children to church and tells Lula to stop, explaining to the kids that she is a