Tom Robinson Discrimination Quotes

Things such as the Jim Crow law and segregation, racism, and all-white juries in the past caused extreme prejudice against people of color. Tom Robinson is an African American character from To Kill A Mockingbird with a crippled left arm, is a helpful person and a good worker. Tom Robinson from To Kill A Mockingbird is affected by racism because he was not respected by the people of the court and was convicted regardless of the evidence. His mistreatment is historically accurate as people of color were discriminated against in the past. Tom Robinson was not given the respect that he deserved. This quote is from page 201 of To Kill A Mockingbird and supports this statement as it shows “Then you say she’s lying, boy?” Atticus was on his feet,

This parallels the Scottsboro boys incident as even when the women who accused them admitted that they didn’t do anything to them the Scottsboro boys were convicted in their court case. This quote from To Kill A Mockingbird shows this: “...her arms were bruised, and she showed me her neck. There were definite finger marks on her gullet—” “All around her throat? At the back of her neck?” “I’d say they were all around, Mr. Finch.” (171) This quote is important as the action described here cannot be done by Tom Robinson as he only has one useful arm. This closing remark from To Kill A Mockingbird alludes that Tom Robinson had not even harmed Mayella in any way, but that Bob Ewell both beat and raped Mayella “The state has not produced one iota of medical evidence to the effect that the crime Tom Robinson is charged with ever took place. It has relied instead upon the testimony of two witnesses whose evidence has not only been called into serious question on cross-examination, but has been flatly contradicted by the defendant. The defendant is not guilty, but somebody in this courtroom is.” (207). When the holes in the Ewell’s testimony were shown to the jury they still came to the conclusion that Tom Robinson was guilty. This is like how the Scottsboro boys were convicted even when the women who had accused them had revealed that they just made it up as an excuse. Tom Robinson was affected by the outcome of the trial because he was imprisoned. This also shows that justice was not the prime factor there, but it was the color of one’s