Effects Of Racism In To Kill A Mockingbird

Do you know that racism is still a huge problem in America? There have been so many incidents of blacks shooting whites and whites shooting blacks but mostly when whites shoot blacks it is an effect of racism. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird racism takes place and it is a very horrible thing, like Tom Robinson getting shot 17 times by a white man, Tom Robinson’s trail, and when Tom gets arrested.
In a church in South Carolina there was a racist shooting leaving nine African-American people dead and the nation searching for answers, but the specter of unresolved racial issue still loom in America (https://www.rt.com). This should never happen and all people are created equal. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird the was a racist seen when an African-American named Tom Robinson was shot seventeen times when he was trying to escape from his jail (Lee 235). Why couldn’t the cop just try and tackle him and keep him in there or even just taze him but shooting him seventeen times, come on man. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird racism takes place and it is a
Roosevelt issued an executive order as a result of the Pearl Harbor attacks. He ordered the confinement of Japanese Americans and ordering 110,000 to be relocated to internment camps (http://civilliberty.about.com). I can see where Roosevelt was coming from, being in the middle of war with them, but sending them to internment camps was the wrong decision. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, Tom Robinson's court case took place. Bob Ewell, the poorest man in the town of Maycomb, is accusing Tom of raping his daughter. Everybody knew in the whole court room that Tom Robinson did not rape Mayella Ewell, Bob actually attacked her when he was drunk (Lee 211). This is a very racist thing to do on Bob’s part because he didn’t want to get in trouble for the actions he took. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, racism takes place. For example, Tom Robinson's court