In the book, “To Kill a Mockingbird”, Harper Lee talks about the issue of racism and how it can ruin someone’s life. In the beginning it talks about the Finch family and introduces new characters. Later on we learn about Boo Radley, a man that is feared upon in Maycomb, and the trial of Tom Robinson, a black man accused of rape. Will the world ever change its views on racism? It will because over the years we have made many advances in social and racial equality. Also since it is not , trendy, it is not influencing today’s youth as much.
Taken from the text Scout Finch, the narrator, gets mad at her friends when they call her dad a “n*****-lover”. Atticus, however, explains to Scout that it is fine but is still wrong and bad to say. This shows that racism is something that is taught. Today not everyone agrees with racism and people are learning to not be racist. It is important to teach our kids that racism is wrong and that everybody is the same and capable of doing bad things.
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But this is the truth that applies to the human race and to no particular race of men.” This is the type of thinking that brought us here today. Imagine if everybody thought like this. It’s just like the saying, don’t judge a book by it’s cover. As a society we should not judge and stand up for