Should To Kill A Mockingbird Be Taught In Schools

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We should not remove Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" from the school curriculum. It serves as a necessary reminder of racial injustices. Set in the 1930s. It was written in the 1950s and published in the 1960s. Lee’s novel explores a historical period of racial injustices. To Kill a Mockingbird should be taught in schools because it depicts racial bias in courtrooms. The facts in the rape case against Tom did not lead to Tom raping Mayella. When rape has occurred, the standard practice is for a rape kit to collect the semen of the person. To help the police prove who the person has been raped. The rape kit is used by a doctor. In To Kill a Mockingbird the sheriff is testifying in the case against tom Robinson. “did you call a doctor, Sheriff? Did anybody call a doctor? Asked Atticus. No sir, said Mr. Tate” (lee 224). In this case, there was no seam collected and was she taken to the doctor to get looked at after she was allegedly raped. The sheriff stated that “she was beaten around the head. There were already bruises coming’ on her arms, and it happened about thirty minutes before”. The Jury would still find Tom guilty based on his skin colour. …show more content…

In the 1930s it was rare to have a person of colour on a jury. In the United States people are allowed to have a trial with a jury of peers. In the Scottsboro affair by Michael Klarman, it says “on April 1, 1935, the US supreme court overturned the new conviction because for the Scottsboro boys had proven that Alabama excluded African Americans from sitting on any juries”. This helps to support the statement that African Americans were not on the jury. African Americans were on the jury list, but they wear so far that they did not get the call to be on the