To Kill A Mocking Bird: Prejudice

In this nation's most prized document, the document, the declaration of independence it says that all men are created equal. Every man was considered equal except for black men, women, and children. For many years blacks were slaves that were treated like animals. People saw them as item, as their own property that they could do whatever they wanted to with them. Blacks have been treated like filth in our society for hundreds and hundreds of years. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee, prejudice is depicted throughout the novel, it was present in our society when Martin Luther King Jr. marched down the streets of D.C. for equality, and prejudice still exist in our nation today against gays and lesbians.
In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird prejudice is illustrated throughout the book. During the trial against Tom Robinson, Atticus Finch concluded in his defense testimony that Mayella Ewell was not raped by Tom Robinson but that “She did something that in our society is unspeakable: she kissed a black man” (Lee 272). This depicts how profound and disturbing people thought it was for black man to be with a white women or vise versa. In todays society interracial couples are generally accepted by most of the public and people, but imagine if there was a couple, a black man and a white women, and they loved each other very much back in the early 1900’s. That black man would be chased after by a mob and possibly lynched. The white women would be shunned by the entire town or city that she lived in. Not only was prejudice depicted throughout the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, but prejudice was also present in our society when Martin Luther King Jr. marched down the streets of D.C. for equality.
Prejudice was present in our society when Martin Luther King Jr. marched down the streets of D.C. for equality and justice. King Jr. dreamed that one day white and black men, women, and children would be able to coexist. He wanted us to live together not