Racial Inequality

Racial Inequality

Thursday, November 19, 2015


"scout," said Atticus, "n*****-lover is just  one those terms that don't mean anything--like snot-nose. Its hard to explain--ignorant, trashy people use it when they think somebody's favoring N***** over and above themselves. It`s slipped into usage with some people like ourselves, when they want a common, ugly term to label somebody."
"you aren't really a n*****-lover, then are you?"
"I certainly am. I do my best to love everybody. . .I`m hard put, sometimes--baby, it`s never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, It doesn't hurt you. so don't let Mrs. Dubose get you down. She has enough troubles of her own."


 what happened here in this part of TKAM is that scout had asked Atticus on an evening what exactly a n*****-lover was. and Atticus responded with a grave face and asked if someone been calling her that. And scout answered by saying "no sir, Mrs. Dubose calls you that........"
and then says that  Francis called her that last Christmas and that's where she had heard it and its the reason she had jumped on him. And the what had got scout concerned and infuriated   was the way and what Francis had said it, " its like he`d said snot nose or something."So Atticus explains how the word is not how terrible as how scout sees it , and how people may use it as an ignorant way to identify a black person under there control. Atticus is also saying how it just came common to usage for a lot of people even like there self's just for putting the persons place. What i would identify thta had happened right in this situation was how after scout asking Atticus if he was really a n*****-lover Atticus responded with a of course I am and how he trys to be united and love everyone, and how its not an insult being called that and would be better off saying that you are like that since its a good thing, and how that's reflecting on the person that called you that and how it doesn't affect her.So i really like how hes saying that and also says things to  make her feel good and escalated by describing Mrs. Dubose and not to worry about her. The only thing happened wrong here was the way people said and meant  that scout and Atticus were Negro-lovers, what should have happened to make the event right was for scout to just ignore and it was good that she told Atticus, also for scout to not feel bad over that name.i really liked how Atticus gave a really good example for scout to look upon on.
This Event is very similar to what has happened to my life in the past but except i was the one being used to insult someone. there was a white boy that would always make fun of my friend by calling him wet-bag helper, and how he was going to cross the border with me. the boy would always try to make him feel down by treating us like if we were lower than him. And it was all because my friend stopped playing with him just to play with me and the boy ruined the relationship between him and my friend. And there came a day where i felt really bad for both of us, that i had told him that we should stop  being friends so he would leave him alone. my friend said no..."why would care about a single thing that he has to say about us when were the ones going on with life strongly together, when he`l be the one looking back regretting to what he did someday." and my friend encouraged me a lot and made me feel better and like i couldn't let anything or anyone be in way.
Lula stopped, but she said, "You ain't got no business bringin' white chillun here—they got their church, we got our'n. It is our church, ain't it, Miss Cal?"
… When I looked down the pathway again, Lula was gone. In her place was a solid mass of colored people.
One of them stepped from the crowd. It was Zeebo, the garbage collector. "Mister Jem," he said, "we're mighty glad to have you all here. Don't pay no 'tention to Lula, she's contentious because Reverend Sykes threatened to church her. She's a troublemaker from way back, got fancy ideas an' haughty ways—we're mighty glad to have you all."

 This is the first time Scout and Jem experience racism.  They feel like they're the objects of someone Else's racism, which puts them into a divergent position. scout and Jem are experiencing something not new but not very surprising and i think this related very good to the first quote mainly because its dealing with race overall and how in the other quote it was saying about n*****-love, and this one is dealing with how there still being greeted and loved after being insulted by someone over race and how they shouldn't listen to Lulu and she has trouble over her like atticus said to scout over Mrs. Dubose.

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