Throughout the world different races go through the struggle of social injustice. Due to their skin color or cultures people are treated unfairly around the world. In Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, some of the characters are exposed to social inequality and unfair treatment from other character in the novel. Scout Finch, struggles to understand the reason for why people are treated unfairly due to race and gender. By analyzing race relations both in the novel and present day, one can conclude that social injustice has improved, which can be discussed through specific events in the novel and current issues today. In the 1930s, significant in how social injustice has impacted what some races could and could not legally do. The readers see unfair treatment occurring early in the novel with an example of Tom Robinson“ The school for white students was a place black children only dream about” (page 72). In this quote it shows how back then due to one's skin color children would not have the same opportunity as whites. Back in the 1930’s colored people either went to a school for blacks or they went to no school at all due to financial problems.
“ Every black man has experienced this. You are walking down the street, minding your own business . . . . and you see a white woman walking near. You smile, not wanting to be looked at as the confrontational or scary black
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“ Their color prevented their freedom to vote, to take part in government, to acquire and education, to move about without restriction, to marry whom they chose, to live where the liked, even to eat where they wish.” (page 1). Today colored people are allowed to vote as of in the 1930’s they were not allowed to vote, go to school, and do most things an american citizen would be able to do. Social injustice has improved due to laws changes and unfair