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Racism In 'To Kill A Mockingbird'

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Racism Will Not End
There is tons of evidence from “To Kill a Mockingbird” America will never achieve true racial and social equality. Bob Ewell throughout the novel is constantly making racist comments and being out right rude to everyone associated to Tom Robinson. In the time period that To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in the middle of when racism and segregation was at its peak. Since that point in time there has been racism all over the world and it is never going to end because of the shear number of how many racists are still around, and when they have kids they will teach them to be racist too. As of right now racism is a thing but it isn’t as big as it was 30 years ago. Throughout time there has been and always be highs and lows of racial discrimination. …show more content…

Bob Ewell. Most of everybody is racist in To Kill a Mockingbird but the Ewells are the “big hitters” of racism in Maycomb. “Why I run for Tate as quick as I could I knowd who it was all right lived down yonder in that nigger nest passed the house everyday. Jedge i’ve asked this county for fifteen years to clean out that nest down yonder they’re dangerous to live around sides devaluin my property.” Harper Lee to kill a Mockingbird Quite literally the only reason Bob Ewell said that is because of the simple fact that Tom is black and doesn’t want to deal with the black

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