Maniac Magee

Racism affects many people. In Two Mills, the whole town is separated into two. The East End and the West End. As a result the people on different sides of the town came to hate each other and look only at each others differences, not their similarities. For example the old man who yelled at Maniac only cared that Maniac had “white” skin he didn’t bother to see who Maniac Magee was in the inside. The same goes for the Mcnabs. At the birthday party they didn't care about who Mars Bar was on the inside they only cared about his skin color. This goes to show that both the Eastenders and the Westenders were racist to one another. The racism at Two Mills made others feel excluded and under confident. It also made each side scared of the other. Like the Mcnabs who are scared that the people in the East End are going to attack. The white people in the town think that the black people aren't even human! The racism also divided up the people into classes. First class, second class, and third class. This was making the whole town not only divided but unequal. People should not be scared of other people because it’s just not right in fact inequality on the whole is just not right. The segregation in Two Mills never even gave anybody a chance to get to know each other if they were a different skin color. The people on the West End obviously thought that the people on the East End were very poor when in fact they were both equal. Since the people are all afraid of each other it created a mess known as racism. The only person to clean it up was Jeffrey/Maniac Magee. The people in Two Mills were raised to hate each other and never thought of why they were being racist to one another but, the simple fact is that in Two Mills the similarities never matter the differences do.