White Supremacy In To Kill A Mockingbird

In the 1930s, racism and the idea of "white supremacy" were predominant issues in many American lives, this concept was perfectly portrayed in To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. During this time period, African-Americans were treated as savages, abused and looked down upon by whites. Slavery had been abolished but segregation techniques such as "separate-but-equal", also called "Jim Crow Laws" were in place. Unfair court rulings made from spite and hatred impaired the blacks from their basic rights and opportunities. Peaceful protests were done to spread awareness of the unequalness; but protestors were put in jail, they were threatened by hate groups such as the Ku Klux Klan, and killed. Similar to when Atticus was threatened by Ewell whom he had gone against in court, and when Ewell harassed Helen, a colored women, when she was going to work.
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The horrors they endured of being treated like animals is tragic and horrific. I have acknowledged that no matter how much someone tries to convince a person to change their point-of-view, some people will not change their mindset. It’s better to move on to more important issues than quarrel with someone is prideful. I have expanded my mindset and think that others may have different opinions than you, but should be treated with kindness and respect since others may not know their past. There will always be hateful and horrible people in this world, but there are marvelous people that people should follow. I have learned from "To Kill A Mockingbird" is that not everyone is as they seem. Just because someone looks a certain way, and rumors have been spread, this doesn’t justify who the person is unless you know them. For example “Boo” Radley, who turned out to be a good person, opposite to what people had thought, and saved herself and Jem in the