To Kill a Mockingbird, a classic novel filled with the display of racism in a small Alabama town. When a black man is convicted of raping a white girl, all eyes were turned and he was in reality, guilty before he even stepped onto the stand. Racism is defined as a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others. To Kill a Mockingbird has opened up my eyes to the reality of the society that surrounds us. Is that why people are trying to ban and challenge this book? Are people scared to face the facts of our society? Do they see the connection like I do? Is language really the problem here? I don’t think so. …show more content…
The African Americans don’t like the white people and vice versa, but of course there are also the people that don’t care, in our minds you’re fantastic until we are given a reason to change our outlook. Is that one of the reasons people don’t like the book? They can see the connection our society has to the story line? Meaning if a black man shoots a white man it’s bad but if a white man shoots a black man its worse. I being white this is how I see it but a black person may not see it the same as me. When a store is robbed and there are only two suspects, one white and one black, do you not automatically blame the black one just because he’s “black” and “had to have done it”? People see the connection of this story to our society and it’s pointing out a flaw in their thinking and they don’t like it. Could this be one of the