Post by elisegrant on Oct 29, 2015 22:51:47 GMT
Racism is prevalent in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird and Tate Taylor's The Help. Discuss.
legal injustice
> court case TKAM "When it's a white man's word against a black man, the white man always wins."
> black maids are sent to jail for stealing one ring with no trial "I knew she was a thief the day she started."
social injustice
> TKAM dolphus rayman who married black woman is drunk so that people excuse him, explain his lifestyle "They don't belong anywhere. Coloured folks won't have 'em because they're half white, white folks won't have 'em cause they're coloured, so they're just in-betweens, don't belong anywhere."
> the black people are unclean, can't use toilets " we love them and they love us, but they can't even use the toilets in our houses"
> The white people react badly to Tom saying he helped Mayella because he felt sorry for her "you felt sorry for a white woman."
how racism affects not only black communities but white.
> TKAM Negative. Atticus is called a "Niger lover"
> Stuart leaves Skeeter after he finds out she wrote the book. "Things are find around here. Why go stir up trouble?!"
> Dill cries after the trial, which shows he is affected by the racism there. " it was the way [Mr Gilmer] said it made me sick, plain sick."
legal injustice
> court case TKAM "When it's a white man's word against a black man, the white man always wins."
> black maids are sent to jail for stealing one ring with no trial "I knew she was a thief the day she started."
social injustice
> TKAM dolphus rayman who married black woman is drunk so that people excuse him, explain his lifestyle "They don't belong anywhere. Coloured folks won't have 'em because they're half white, white folks won't have 'em cause they're coloured, so they're just in-betweens, don't belong anywhere."
> the black people are unclean, can't use toilets " we love them and they love us, but they can't even use the toilets in our houses"
> The white people react badly to Tom saying he helped Mayella because he felt sorry for her "you felt sorry for a white woman."
how racism affects not only black communities but white.
> TKAM Negative. Atticus is called a "Niger lover"
> Stuart leaves Skeeter after he finds out she wrote the book. "Things are find around here. Why go stir up trouble?!"
> Dill cries after the trial, which shows he is affected by the racism there. " it was the way [Mr Gilmer] said it made me sick, plain sick."
