To Kill A Mockingbird-Racism

To marginalize, exclude, or silence is to disregard somebody’s existence. Whether through purposeful ignorance, discrimination, cultural intolerance, judgement, or in To Kill a Mockingbird’s case: racism. Acts of marginalization, exclusion, and silence is evident all throughout the novel; of which is particularly seen towards the African-American community. Racism in the deep south extends far before our ancestors established means of discrimination in the 1930s, but shines ever so brightly during the Great Depression era. To Kill a Mockingbird, set in this time period of societal hierarchy, serves as a novel to explore these true-to-life acts of marginalization, exclusion, and silence. On the hierarchical ladder, African Americans are ranked