blog no. 2
" Calpurnia sighed. "Old Mr.Ewell accused him of rapin' his girl an' had him arrested an' put in jail-"
Tom Robinson was blame him of raping a white girl so he got arrested and everyone found it truth because everyone base on there color. And they blame them for their color for the fault of the Jim Crow Laws in the 1876-1960. Now this case reminds me of case of the Scottsboro trials in the 1931's.
when 9 black mens were arrested for a charge they didn't do.http://jjie.org/our-justice-system-stuck-in-the-past-as-in-scottsboro-boys-case/
Racial Inequality
Sunday, November 29, 2015
mayelle testimony
"I said come here n*****, and bust up this chiffarobe for me, I got a nickel for you. He coulda done it easy enough, he could. So he come in the yard an' I went in the house to get him a nickel and I turned around an' I went in the house to get him a nickel and I turned around an 'fore I knew it he was on me. Just run up behide me, he did. He got me round the neck, cussin' me an' sayin' dirt-I fought n' hollered, but he had me round the neck. He hit me agin an' agin-"
Tom Robinson testimony
"Mr.Finch it wa way last spring. I remember it because it was choppin' time and I had my hoe with me. I said I didn't have nothing" but this hoe, but she said she had a hatchet and I broke up the chiffarobe. She said 'I reckon I'll hafta give you a nickel, won't I? an' I said, 'No ma'ma, there ain't
charge then I went home. Mr.Finch, that was way last spring, way over a year ago."
"So who's right?" thats my question. First Mayella says Tom Robinson was chopping the chiffarobe on November the 21st the day she was rape but Tom says he chopped the chiffarobe it was last spring, last year. I myself am personally confuse with all this because there are so many lies i can't even tell who is telling the truth. This case reminds me of the one that happen with this father and daughter http://www.wdrb.com/story/30572449/man-accused-of-raping-murdering-7-year-old-ive-done-nothing-wrong
Friday, November 27, 2015
Blog No.1
"Suppose you and Scout talked colored-folk's talk at home, it'd be out of place wouldn't it?"
In this point of the book, Cal doesn't get the privilege of being the same person no matter where she is, because she has to live a double life to fit in.
This relates to the world around us because people outside your race characterize you due to how other people the same race as you, carry themselves. People also like criticize and label how certain races are supposed to speak and act. Therefore creates a lot of epectancies and boundaries for different races. For example, some African Americans say that white people do not have the right to curse, or even say the "N" word. Also, some Caucasians think that African Americans do not use correct grammar when they speak.
In this point of the book, Cal doesn't get the privilege of being the same person no matter where she is, because she has to live a double life to fit in.
This relates to the world around us because people outside your race characterize you due to how other people the same race as you, carry themselves. People also like criticize and label how certain races are supposed to speak and act. Therefore creates a lot of epectancies and boundaries for different races. For example, some African Americans say that white people do not have the right to curse, or even say the "N" word. Also, some Caucasians think that African Americans do not use correct grammar when they speak.
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Courtly Racism: Part Two
"Jem seemed to be having a quiet fit. He was pounding the rail softly, and once he whispered, "We've got him."
I didn't think so: Atticus was trying to show, it seemed to me,that Mr. Ewell could have beaten up Mayella. That much I could follow. If her right eye was blacked and she was beaten mostly on the right side of her face, it would tend to show that a left-handed person did it."
In this excerpt from the book, Mr. Ewell had just testified. Saying that he agreed with the injuries the sheriff described, he signed a piece of paper at Atticus' request, with his left hand. Later, when TR was told to stand up, everybody could see that his left arm was crippled, proving that he couldn't have beaten the right side of Mayella's face. And while that was the best evidence against the thesis that TR was guilty, it still pretty much proves he was innocent. Which is why it takes skill for the jury to convict him like they did.
Of course, not all stories have a happy ending. Tom should have been let free, and if the court deemed it necessary, there should have also been a trial for BE for allegedly beating his own daughter. However Tom sadly became a victim of a crime he never committed, which was wrong because it shows that members of our own society still can't get a fair trial, all because of their skin color, which is a pretty stupid reason to be wrongly convicted.
In some ways, this was similar to the part of TKAM where Dill, Scout, and Jem tried to look into the Radley household by going through the back yard and looking through the back window, and almost got shot.. However, in this case, it was a relatively harmless crime, while the courtroom case was huge. Also, in both cases, the true culprit got away with the crime, while someone else took the blame, whether they wanted to or not. Both crimes also had hard evidence to show who really did it, although one was acknowledged more in the TR case. In the spying case, Jem lost his pants on the fence, and everyone believed his cover story for it, that he was playing strip poker. Mr. Radley had said that he saw a Negro running off his property. So in both cases, the blame fell to an innocent black man.
I didn't think so: Atticus was trying to show, it seemed to me,that Mr. Ewell could have beaten up Mayella. That much I could follow. If her right eye was blacked and she was beaten mostly on the right side of her face, it would tend to show that a left-handed person did it."
In this excerpt from the book, Mr. Ewell had just testified. Saying that he agreed with the injuries the sheriff described, he signed a piece of paper at Atticus' request, with his left hand. Later, when TR was told to stand up, everybody could see that his left arm was crippled, proving that he couldn't have beaten the right side of Mayella's face. And while that was the best evidence against the thesis that TR was guilty, it still pretty much proves he was innocent. Which is why it takes skill for the jury to convict him like they did.
Of course, not all stories have a happy ending. Tom should have been let free, and if the court deemed it necessary, there should have also been a trial for BE for allegedly beating his own daughter. However Tom sadly became a victim of a crime he never committed, which was wrong because it shows that members of our own society still can't get a fair trial, all because of their skin color, which is a pretty stupid reason to be wrongly convicted.
In some ways, this was similar to the part of TKAM where Dill, Scout, and Jem tried to look into the Radley household by going through the back yard and looking through the back window, and almost got shot.. However, in this case, it was a relatively harmless crime, while the courtroom case was huge. Also, in both cases, the true culprit got away with the crime, while someone else took the blame, whether they wanted to or not. Both crimes also had hard evidence to show who really did it, although one was acknowledged more in the TR case. In the spying case, Jem lost his pants on the fence, and everyone believed his cover story for it, that he was playing strip poker. Mr. Radley had said that he saw a Negro running off his property. So in both cases, the blame fell to an innocent black man.
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Trial of Rascism
The recent chapters of To Kill a Mockingbird have been about the trial for Tom Robinson. As you may know Tom Robinson is being (falsely) accused of raping Mayella Ewell. Atticus is representing him and does a very good job of making it clear that it was not Tom Robinson. Instead it was Bob Ewell who beat Mayella, after she tried to kiss Tom Robinson. Multiple clues to this were released such as when Atticus asks Mayella if she loves her father. "Love him, whatcha mean?'
"I mean, is he good to you, is he easy to get along with?"
" He's does tolerable, 'cept when-"
As she ends on this line and nervously corrects herself it becomes clear to me that there is more to the story than meets the eye. Which makes it even more infuriating when Tom Robinson is found guilty. Simply because they would rather trust a White Man's words, not matter how ignorant, wrong, discriminatory it is.
Obi Wan Kenobi Meme - ImgflipYet it is no different than things that happen today in society especially with police brutality.
Trayvon Martin Shooting Fast Facts - CNN.com When will this change? I for one am tired of the events I see in the book and in today's society.
"The sheriff hadn't the heart to put him in jail alongside negroes, so Boo was locked in the the courthouse basement." On page 14 Scout is explaining the story of Boo Radley. Boo Radley was sitting in the living room cutting some items, his father entered the room as Mr.Radley passed by, Boo drove the scissors into his father's pants leg but nobody actually knows if Boo ever did that to his father, there's only rumors the only thing that is true in this whole situation is that Boo was arrested right after.
Monday, November 23, 2015
Move on.
Scout," said Atticus, "nigger-lover is just one of those terms that don't mean anything—like snot-nose. It's hard to explain—ignorant, trashy people use it when they think somebody's favoring Negroes 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 nigger-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." (107-109)
In this section Scout and Jem were together playing around near Mrs.Dubose house when Jem had messed up her Camille for insulting Atticus by calling him a n***** lover. What Jem did was resonable but was not right. He could've just turned around and went back home ignoring Mrs.Dubose, there for being the bigger person. Something that I think that some people can relate to is that when people outside of your race try and put you in a box and assume you're all the same. But in reality no one is the same, even tho you may be the same race doesn't mean you act the same. And so when you're acting"different"from what a percentage of how people are acting in your race people start to say things like you act like this race and that race, you should act more like your own race. By saying that you're disapproving of the way someone naturally is. Causing people to say oh well he likes this race more than his own. Which isn't true for me atleast. I belive everyone is the same racially but its who we are culturally that makes us stand out from others.
Blog post 4
the trial in TKAM was a very cruel unfair trial it was dealing with rape, and a beating. they were blaming a black, the judge and lawyer are trying to find the correct answer on to who made the crime to the suspect. the suspects are Mayella Ewell, Mr.Ewells, and Tom Robinson. mayella Ewells is the one that is being raped and beaten by ether mr.ewells or tom robinson. the main person being accused here is Tom Robinson, id say mainly since hes black and they have very bad history among s each other. And Mr. Ewells is Mayellas father who looks to be the main target for Atticus the lawyer in the courtroom. Atticus makes it seem like that the way hes asking Atticus more questions in a fast manner of time, Even the judge had to slow him down the way he asked Mr. Ewells the questions.i thought the way that Atticus was trying to find the true answer was very clever mainly by using evidence and physically making Mr.Ewells doing things to investigate and also the way that Atticus in a way tricks or try to just find a lie from Mr.Ewells by repeating things over and over again. and Atticus saw that she 19 year old was beated on the right side of her face and then made Mr.Ewells write his name on an envelope and investigated that hes left handed and assumed that he would most likely hit her with his left hand and Mr.Gilmer asked him one more question. "About your writing with your left hand are you ambidextrous, Mr.Ewells?"
"i most positively am not, i can use one hand as good as the other. . .
what i thought was wrong with this situation was the Ewells side of the story and just blame tom very quickly with just harsh sayings of him. I honestly don't think its tom base on the facts of him, like how he basically only has has one hand-his right hand. and how he seems to be more honest then both of the Ewells and saying that he would be afraid to do something like that because he already knows the basic consequences and thats how how explains when he answers not like the ewells where they just blame tom. What the Ewells could do is by not just think on the over all and just blame, but to also go on with the "story" to at least not make them look like the complete lies.
What i am going to relate this to is Emmet Till. Fourteen-year-old Emmett Till was visiting
relatives in Money, Mississippi, on August 24, 1955, when he reportedly
flirted with a white cashier at a grocery store. Four days later, two
white men kidnapped Till, beat him and shot him in the head. The men were tried for murder, but an all-white, male jury acquitted them.i realted that situation to the trial in TKAM because for two reasons, the first is for the reason the the white males kelled Till wich was just simply his race and in TKAM the Ewells are mainly accusing tom cause of his race, the second part is that i think its very unfair how they still free the white men after destroying a womans child.
here is Emmit Till before being kidnapped and after being kidnapped by the white men.
the trial in TKAM was a very cruel unfair trial it was dealing with rape, and a beating. they were blaming a black, the judge and lawyer are trying to find the correct answer on to who made the crime to the suspect. the suspects are Mayella Ewell, Mr.Ewells, and Tom Robinson. mayella Ewells is the one that is being raped and beaten by ether mr.ewells or tom robinson. the main person being accused here is Tom Robinson, id say mainly since hes black and they have very bad history among s each other. And Mr. Ewells is Mayellas father who looks to be the main target for Atticus the lawyer in the courtroom. Atticus makes it seem like that the way hes asking Atticus more questions in a fast manner of time, Even the judge had to slow him down the way he asked Mr. Ewells the questions.i thought the way that Atticus was trying to find the true answer was very clever mainly by using evidence and physically making Mr.Ewells doing things to investigate and also the way that Atticus in a way tricks or try to just find a lie from Mr.Ewells by repeating things over and over again. and Atticus saw that she 19 year old was beated on the right side of her face and then made Mr.Ewells write his name on an envelope and investigated that hes left handed and assumed that he would most likely hit her with his left hand and Mr.Gilmer asked him one more question. "About your writing with your left hand are you ambidextrous, Mr.Ewells?"
"i most positively am not, i can use one hand as good as the other. . .
what i thought was wrong with this situation was the Ewells side of the story and just blame tom very quickly with just harsh sayings of him. I honestly don't think its tom base on the facts of him, like how he basically only has has one hand-his right hand. and how he seems to be more honest then both of the Ewells and saying that he would be afraid to do something like that because he already knows the basic consequences and thats how how explains when he answers not like the ewells where they just blame tom. What the Ewells could do is by not just think on the over all and just blame, but to also go on with the "story" to at least not make them look like the complete lies.
Courtly Racism: The Deep South
"A jury never looks at a defendant it has convicted, and when this jury came in, not one of them looked at Tom Robinson. The foreman handed a piece of paper to Mr. Tate who handed it to the clerk who handed it to the judge....
I shut my eyes. Judge Taylor was polling the jury: "Guilty...guilty...guilty...guilty..." I peeked at Jem: his hands were white from gripping the balcony rail, and his shoulders jerked as if each "guilty" was a separate stab between them."
Despite all the hard evidence that showed TR was innocent, the jury still decided to convict him. But this is to be expected, because it was a different time and place. In Alabama, racism was rampant, despite government efforts to end it.
The South resented the freedom of black people for many reasons. The South's economy had been reliant on slaves, their greatest source of income. After all, it created free labor for them, and harvesting and production were much faster. As a result, many plantation owners were extremely rich, until their slaves were freed.
Afterwards, the economy went down the drain, rendering the South poor and weak. When white landowners saw the newly freed African-Americans setting up lives for themselves, acts of violence were pressed against the new society members. The federal government stopped this for a while, but eventually, the South gained power and began to do what it wanted.
African-Americans were attacked savagely as the lowest members of society. They had limited rights and had difficulty getting a fair trial.
And that was where the court scene from TKAM came in. Despite the fact any idiot could see that Robinson was innocent, he was voted guilty by an all-white jury. Mr. Ewell, although being the poorest white person in town, was still greater than TR.
In Race and Justice: Wrongful Convictions of African American Men, author Martin D. Free, Jr. catalogued 350 wrongful convictions and found that a disproportionate number involved black men accused of crimes against white victims. One such incident is the story of Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton, which took place in North Carolina. Jennifer was raped by a man who looked very similar to Ronald, and her eye witness account pointed to him. He was convicted and put in prison for eleven years. He was later freed when he took a DNA test to prove he was not the rapist. Jennifer and Ronald are now close friends, and they wrote a memoir called Picking Cotton about their experiences to help educate people about wrongful conviction and racial discrimination.
This event from TKAM shows a black man accused of raping a white woman, then being wrongly convicted by an all-white jury. We can tell he was innocent because his left arm was disabled, meaning that he could not have beaten Mayella Ewell on the right side of her face. Tom Robinson should have been set free, based on this evidence. However, Tom became a victim by being wrongfully convicted.
I shut my eyes. Judge Taylor was polling the jury: "Guilty...guilty...guilty...guilty..." I peeked at Jem: his hands were white from gripping the balcony rail, and his shoulders jerked as if each "guilty" was a separate stab between them."
Despite all the hard evidence that showed TR was innocent, the jury still decided to convict him. But this is to be expected, because it was a different time and place. In Alabama, racism was rampant, despite government efforts to end it.
The South resented the freedom of black people for many reasons. The South's economy had been reliant on slaves, their greatest source of income. After all, it created free labor for them, and harvesting and production were much faster. As a result, many plantation owners were extremely rich, until their slaves were freed.
Afterwards, the economy went down the drain, rendering the South poor and weak. When white landowners saw the newly freed African-Americans setting up lives for themselves, acts of violence were pressed against the new society members. The federal government stopped this for a while, but eventually, the South gained power and began to do what it wanted.
African-Americans were attacked savagely as the lowest members of society. They had limited rights and had difficulty getting a fair trial.
And that was where the court scene from TKAM came in. Despite the fact any idiot could see that Robinson was innocent, he was voted guilty by an all-white jury. Mr. Ewell, although being the poorest white person in town, was still greater than TR.
In Race and Justice: Wrongful Convictions of African American Men, author Martin D. Free, Jr. catalogued 350 wrongful convictions and found that a disproportionate number involved black men accused of crimes against white victims. One such incident is the story of Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton, which took place in North Carolina. Jennifer was raped by a man who looked very similar to Ronald, and her eye witness account pointed to him. He was convicted and put in prison for eleven years. He was later freed when he took a DNA test to prove he was not the rapist. Jennifer and Ronald are now close friends, and they wrote a memoir called Picking Cotton about their experiences to help educate people about wrongful conviction and racial discrimination.
This event from TKAM shows a black man accused of raping a white woman, then being wrongly convicted by an all-white jury. We can tell he was innocent because his left arm was disabled, meaning that he could not have beaten Mayella Ewell on the right side of her face. Tom Robinson should have been set free, based on this evidence. However, Tom became a victim by being wrongfully convicted.
Blog #1 Lourdes Pietri
" It could have been worse, Jack. The only thing we've got is a black man's word against the Ewells'. The evidence boils down to you did- i didn't. The jury couldn't possibly be expected to take tom robinson's word against the Ewells ' are you acquainted with the Ewells?"
This is basically saying that its down to a Black mans word to a white mans word. At this time during segregation it was always the people of color who were mostly wrongly convicted no matter if they did it or not. Why do this if you can look at them as men , human , and equal . They should have Just listen to both sides of the story and not just determine because of skin color. If I was Living in this world at that time I would be like boo radley and stayed in the house with my shot gun and my child. The people of color during this time was treated so cruel and unfair just because of the color of there skin .abhmuseum.org/2012/08/the-lynching-of-john-carter/.
This is about a man and accused of murdering a child and another man knocking 2 women of a horse harming them. But that was the wrong person. A big angry mob went out and just grabbed a random black person off the street and hung him and shot him over 200 times. His name was john carter. Im glad that the world has changed a lot lately. That its not that racism is not as bad as it was before. All racism is not gone yet and it may take many more years to come or just never happen . We may never know .There is still police brutality that killed people like Eric gardener and many more. but we did improve very much in the last 100 years.
" It could have been worse, Jack. The only thing we've got is a black man's word against the Ewells'. The evidence boils down to you did- i didn't. The jury couldn't possibly be expected to take tom robinson's word against the Ewells ' are you acquainted with the Ewells?"
This is basically saying that its down to a Black mans word to a white mans word. At this time during segregation it was always the people of color who were mostly wrongly convicted no matter if they did it or not. Why do this if you can look at them as men , human , and equal . They should have Just listen to both sides of the story and not just determine because of skin color. If I was Living in this world at that time I would be like boo radley and stayed in the house with my shot gun and my child. The people of color during this time was treated so cruel and unfair just because of the color of there skin .abhmuseum.org/2012/08/the-lynching-of-john-carter/.
This is about a man and accused of murdering a child and another man knocking 2 women of a horse harming them. But that was the wrong person. A big angry mob went out and just grabbed a random black person off the street and hung him and shot him over 200 times. His name was john carter. Im glad that the world has changed a lot lately. That its not that racism is not as bad as it was before. All racism is not gone yet and it may take many more years to come or just never happen . We may never know .There is still police brutality that killed people like Eric gardener and many more. but we did improve very much in the last 100 years.
they are not trash
"Yes indeed,what has this world come to when a Finch goes against its own raising? I'll tell you!" She put her hand to her mouth.When she drew it away, it trailed a long silver of saliva. "Your father´s no better than the n****** and the trash."
This is so wrong you can't talk about people because who you think they are but they aren't. I think she called him trash from what everybody thinks. She thinks like that I guess to act like other people. Maybe too know her thinking or acting were right I have to read about African American guy.
Peoples thoughts were so wrong, African American people weren't trash they were like all humans. I think they were respectful, polite, smart but some Americans went in and change everybody thinking they said bad comments about them. Like the quote says "Don't judge a book by its cover" Like todays people they bully people because of how they look. That's why theirs so many suicide or depressions or cutting going own because this people who think they are so better judge or bully other people who in their inside they are such amazing people.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2246896/Jessica-Laney-16-committed-suicide-internet-trolls-taunted-told-kill-herself.html
In the Maycomb County courthouse, Atticus Finch is defending a man by the of Tom Robinson, a black man, who is accused of raping a white girl named Mayella Ewell.
From the evidence Atticus presented, it seemed that Tom Robinson couldn't have assaulted Mayella because of the way she was punched and choked. One of Toms hand/arm was damaged so he would have been able to punch her the way she said.
Also Mr.Ewell and Mayellas had some flaws in their testimonies. The reason is some of the things they said were different from each other. And if your going to lie, do it well.
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| Scottsboro Trials (1931) |
Tom Robinson Trial can be compared to the Scottsboro Trials. In the Scottsboro Trials, nine black boys were falsely accused with raping two white women in Alabama. The result was all were sentenced to death except for the 12 year old. Whats wrong about this is that they killed 8 black boys with no evidence and that were accused of something they didn't do. It sounds very similar to Tom Robinsons case.
Blog Post #4- Deva Holliman
In the courthouse of Maycomb county, the fate of a black man, Tom Robinson, was being decided. Four witnesses were called in (Mr. Tate, Mr. Ewell, Mayella, and Tom) and they each had a slightly different story. What really happened?
I found that that Mayella’s injuries were the most interesting. The witnesses said she had bruises all over her head and arms, and a black eye. It took the first witness (Mr. Tate) a while to remember which eye, but when he did, he was almost positive it was her right. This meant that the assailant was most likely left handed.
Mr. Bob Ewell, when asked to provide a writing sample, was determined to be left-handed. Tom Robinson, however didn’t have a working left-hand:
“He got it caught in a cotton gin, caught it in Mr. Dolphus Raymond’s cotton gin when he was a boy… like to bled to death.. tore all the muscles loose from his bones-”
While it is possible for Tom Robinson to have punched Mayella in her right eye, it would’ve been much easier to punch her in her left eye. I think that this little piece of disputable evidence is the most important thing to determine Tom’s guilt.
He couldn’t have been guilty. There is no way that it would’ve worked. When the jury decided that Tom was guilty, I was blown away. How in the world is that possible? The answer: racism.
Blog Post #2- Deva Holliman
“‘I said come here, n****r, and bust up this chiffarobe for me, I gotta nickel for you. He coulda done it easy enough, he could. So he come in the yard an’ i went in the house to get him a nickel and i turned around an ‘fore i knew it he was on me. Just run up behind me, he did. He got me round the neck, cussin’ me an sayin’ dirt-I fought’n’hollered, but he had me round the neck. He hit me agin an’ agin-’” (Lee 241)
Mayella Ewell, only 19 years old, accused Tom Robinson of rape. Even when this story was disproved, she still held on to it. While it is sad, it was only normal. Many similar events took place during this time. Take Emmett Till, for example, a 14-year-old black boy. 
In 1955 he walked into a store to buy bubble gum. Reportedly, he whistled at the store clerk on his way out. Four days later, his mutilated body was found at the bottom of a river. The perpetrators? Store clerk Carolyn Bryant’s husband and brother. These men were tried for murder, and got off free. How in the world did this happen?
Even now, with the murder of Trayvon Martin, and other violent acts having to do with racial prejudice, nothing has changed! The court system needs to change so that it is not bias, and people have to start making better judgements. This can’t keep happening!
Blog Post #1- Deva Holliman
“There was no sign of piano, organ, hymn-books, church programs-the familiar ecclesiastical impedimenta we saw every Sunday.” (Lee 159)
At this time in the book, Scout is going to an African American church, First Purchase, with Calpurnia and Jem. She is amazed that this church doesn’t have all the usual items (hymn-books, for example). This is an example of white privilege.
There are no hymn-books in First Purchase because nobody can afford them. While everyone works, they are paid little to nothing. This is because they are black. They are not offered good education, which prevents them from getting good jobs, making their pay less. Since when is the paycheck of a person decided by the color of their skin?
I decided to research this topic further, as it drove me crazy. It turns out that the “wage gap” still exists today. The median yearly income is almost two-thirds as much for whites than blacks. During the time of TKAM (1960s), it was closer to one-half.
For the worshippers at First Purchase, the fact that they don’t have hymn-books does not affect their service. Hymns are sung by lining, a call-and-response type thing. These people are able to make the best of what they have. However, not all things can be made-the-best-of. Rent for a home, insurance, and food all cost money. Without a substantial income, these things are hard to come by.
When will money, or the lack thereof, not affect well-being? What will the people of all races have to do so that income equality is a reality? I hope that in the future, everyone can have hymn-books, despite the color of their skin. This might be done by making a set income, raising the minimum wage, or improving public education. The wage gap must be eliminated!
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| (Besides the racial wage gap, there is also a gender wage gap. Who knew white men would be so greedy?!) |
"Well how do you know we ain't Negroes?"
"Uncle Jack Finch says we really don't know. He says as far as he can trace back the Finches we ain't, but for all he knows we mighta come straight out of Ethiopia durin' the Old Testament."
"Well if we came out durin' the Old Testament it's too long ago to matter."
"That's what I thought," said Jem, "but around here once you have a drop of Negro blood, that makes you all black."
This is one example of the "one-drop rule" Which stated that if you had a little bit of a black persons blood, you were considered fully black. The little drop of blood could over come the white blood u had in you. Racism was really strong back in the days. Nowadays racism is not that strong but can still be visible.
The History Of The Great Depression
The great depression was a time of famine and nobody had al ot of money. In the book blacks are suppressed in the south which is also during the great depression. This connects to the book because in real life in that time period farmers were blamed for the root of the cause.
"He had announced the other day in the schoolyard that Scout Finches daddy defended n******."
This quote is from Scout, when she is discussing what a classmate said to her earlier. What her classmate Cecil Jacobs actually meant is that Scout's father, Atticus, is a lawyer who takes the side of the black defendant in his trials.
The fact that Scouts classmate, who is probably about 8 years old is using this fact against her, shows the racial bias of this town. A tiny, Alabama town is much more likely to have racist politics than another. Living in the south myself, though some of this racism has disappeared, I will occasionally still see a confederate flag. This represents the extreme amount of this disturbing tradition that has remained in society even to today. To truly understand each character and element of the book, one has to understand the setting that the author has given the character. Though a setting like this one never excuses racist acts, it explains most of where these families get their ideas.
In the next scene, Scout is explaining this to her father when he tells her not to use offensive words and describes it as "common". This shows how much more sophisticated and ahead of their time the Finches are and how their ideas are way different than those of the people in their town. This book is one of the most controversial books of all time and it's because in part of the word use and the racist content that people were offended by. But without this book, it might have been hard to understand how huge racial bias is in certain communities in comparison to others.
This relates to the Trayvon Martin case from 2012, where a young black man was shot by a neighboorhood watchman for no reason. The case resulted in the watchman, George Zimmerman being called innocent, when he was really demonstrating complete racism and assuming things based on peoples race. This case shows why we need more people like Atticus, lawyers that will defend against racist people.
-Zosia
This quote is from Scout, when she is discussing what a classmate said to her earlier. What her classmate Cecil Jacobs actually meant is that Scout's father, Atticus, is a lawyer who takes the side of the black defendant in his trials.
The fact that Scouts classmate, who is probably about 8 years old is using this fact against her, shows the racial bias of this town. A tiny, Alabama town is much more likely to have racist politics than another. Living in the south myself, though some of this racism has disappeared, I will occasionally still see a confederate flag. This represents the extreme amount of this disturbing tradition that has remained in society even to today. To truly understand each character and element of the book, one has to understand the setting that the author has given the character. Though a setting like this one never excuses racist acts, it explains most of where these families get their ideas.
In the next scene, Scout is explaining this to her father when he tells her not to use offensive words and describes it as "common". This shows how much more sophisticated and ahead of their time the Finches are and how their ideas are way different than those of the people in their town. This book is one of the most controversial books of all time and it's because in part of the word use and the racist content that people were offended by. But without this book, it might have been hard to understand how huge racial bias is in certain communities in comparison to others.
This relates to the Trayvon Martin case from 2012, where a young black man was shot by a neighboorhood watchman for no reason. The case resulted in the watchman, George Zimmerman being called innocent, when he was really demonstrating complete racism and assuming things based on peoples race. This case shows why we need more people like Atticus, lawyers that will defend against racist people.
-Zosia
Blog entry 2
Well how do you know we ain't N*******?"
"Uncle Jack Finch says we really don't know. He says as far as he can trace back the Finches we ain't, but for all he knows we mighta come straight out of Ethiopia durin' the Old Testament."
"Well if we came out durin' the Old Testament it's too long ago to matter."
"That's what I thought," said Jem, "but around here once you have a drop of N**** blood, that makes you all black."
something i can relate this to is the time period that this novel occurred in which is around the 20th century and something that was happening racial was the one-drop-rule. The one-drop rule is a social and legal principle of racial classification that was historically prominent in the United States asserting that any person with even one ancestor of sub-Saharan-African ancestry ("one drop" of black blood) is considered to be black . This concept evolved over the course of the 19th century and became codified into law in the 20th century. It was associated with the principle of "invisible blackness" and is an example of hypo descent, the automatic assignment of children of a mixed union between different socioeconomic or ethnic groups to the group with the lower status.
In the U.S., the concept of the one-drop rule has been chiefly applied by White Americans to those of black African ancestry in the 20th century, when they were trying to maintain white supremacy. The poet Langston Hughes wrote in his 1940 memoir:
I would compare this situation with the terrorist attack that occurred in Paris that passed in the news. the Islamic state of Iraq claimed responsibility of attacks and this situation relates to the part Ive chosen for TKAM since its involving with race and inequality because there were people in the time of TKAM that still hated other race and did crimes over it.
Well how do you know we ain't N*******?"
"Uncle Jack Finch says we really don't know. He says as far as he can trace back the Finches we ain't, but for all he knows we mighta come straight out of Ethiopia durin' the Old Testament."
"Well if we came out durin' the Old Testament it's too long ago to matter."
"That's what I thought," said Jem, "but around here once you have a drop of N**** blood, that makes you all black."
something i can relate this to is the time period that this novel occurred in which is around the 20th century and something that was happening racial was the one-drop-rule. The one-drop rule is a social and legal principle of racial classification that was historically prominent in the United States asserting that any person with even one ancestor of sub-Saharan-African ancestry ("one drop" of black blood) is considered to be black . This concept evolved over the course of the 19th century and became codified into law in the 20th century. It was associated with the principle of "invisible blackness" and is an example of hypo descent, the automatic assignment of children of a mixed union between different socioeconomic or ethnic groups to the group with the lower status.
In the U.S., the concept of the one-drop rule has been chiefly applied by White Americans to those of black African ancestry in the 20th century, when they were trying to maintain white supremacy. The poet Langston Hughes wrote in his 1940 memoir:
You see, unfortunately, I am not black. There are lots of different kinds of blood in our family. But here in the United States, the word 'Negro' is used to mean anyone who has any Negro blood at all in his veins. In Africa, the word is more pure. It means all Negro, therefore black. I am brown.
what happened in this part of the book was that Jem and scout were discussing over how to know if a person is half black and half white it all started when dill said a mixed chullin and scout asked what a mixed child was. Scout was very confused on how to know if that person is mixed and dill just couldn't explain well till he talked about the drop of negro blood. Jem then said "but around here once you have a drop of negro blood, that makes you all black."what i thought that was wrong with this was way before when dill was comparing Mr.Dolphus Raynold to trash like nothing. what i thought was right with this situation was when scout asked what a mixed child was i think that this was a key point for this time period since it came to race.
I would compare this situation with the terrorist attack that occurred in Paris that passed in the news. the Islamic state of Iraq claimed responsibility of attacks and this situation relates to the part Ive chosen for TKAM since its involving with race and inequality because there were people in the time of TKAM that still hated other race and did crimes over it.
Sunday, November 22, 2015
"Cecil Jacobs made me forget. He had announced in the schoolyard the day before that Scout Finch's daddy defended n******. I denied it, but told Jem. "
In this passage Cecil Jacobs, one of Scouts classmates, was terrorizing her because Atticus was defending Tom Robinson. At that time in wasn't common to see a white man to be defending a black man. Atticus is someone who took the challenge to defend Tom Robinson because he knows it's wrong how colored people were treated, but he got a lot of criticisms for it. Scout didn't fight him because she knew that she was too old to do childish things like that. Scout didn't really understand what he was saying so she went to Atticus. Atticus is a smart man and teaching his kids not to be like other kids.
Scout says " Do you defend n****** Atticus?"
He tells Scout he does , but also tells her no to say the n-word. She tells him that everyone else at school does and he responds with,
"From no on it'll be everybody less one"
I love the way that Atticus is a big influence on Scouts life and how he's teaching her to be a better person in a place where their is many racists views. I also think as a parent he explained the situation very well for someone as young as Scout. Even Atticus knows she wont understand and he still tells her so she wont be like other people with their views on colored people.
In this passage Cecil Jacobs, one of Scouts classmates, was terrorizing her because Atticus was defending Tom Robinson. At that time in wasn't common to see a white man to be defending a black man. Atticus is someone who took the challenge to defend Tom Robinson because he knows it's wrong how colored people were treated, but he got a lot of criticisms for it. Scout didn't fight him because she knew that she was too old to do childish things like that. Scout didn't really understand what he was saying so she went to Atticus. Atticus is a smart man and teaching his kids not to be like other kids.
Scout says " Do you defend n****** Atticus?"
He tells Scout he does , but also tells her no to say the n-word. She tells him that everyone else at school does and he responds with,
"From no on it'll be everybody less one"
I love the way that Atticus is a big influence on Scouts life and how he's teaching her to be a better person in a place where their is many racists views. I also think as a parent he explained the situation very well for someone as young as Scout. Even Atticus knows she wont understand and he still tells her so she wont be like other people with their views on colored people.
"Scout" said Atticus "N*****-Lover is just one of those terms that don't mean anything- like snot nose."
It's funny how the way people respond to things, is a reflection of the times they are in. In today's society, I am sure Atticus would have taken many more measures to make sure Scout did not say something like that again. Just recently a principal at the University of Missouri was removed from is position because he was not standing up for African American students.University of Missouri president, chancellor resign This shows just how unacceptable it is for racial prejudice to occur in society and even though it hasn't ended it still mattered more than it did back when Scout was alive. Where the term was just a mean thing to call some one out of hate because they didn't show as much prejudice. It really is weird to see the reflection of how people treated the matter now vs then.
A Racist Term
Cecil Jacobs made me forget. He had announced in the schoolyard the day before that Scout Finch's daddy defended n******. I denied it, but told Jem.
"What'd he mean by sayin' that?" I asked.
"Nothing," Jem said."Ask Atticus, he'll tell you."
"Do you defend n******, Atticus?" I asked him that evening.
"Of course I do. Don't say n******, Scout. That's common."
In this part of To Kill a Mocking Bird, Scout goes to question her father Atticus about something kids and people in town in general had been saying about her father. Atticus simply responded with a bold "Of course I do". I like how Atticus also answers with "Don't say n******, Scout. That's common". It shows how he is trying to actually raise his kids right without all of the racism in their brains. I like how he says that saying n***** is common because in reality it is. Everyone says it, back then and even now but Atticus is saying you don't have to stoop so low and do what everyone else is. He's response shows the respect he has for African Americans.
When you look up the n word, you see how it's when you call someone (specifically an African American) socially,economically, and politically lower than you or ignorant. Even when looking up the word online, they tell you that the word is one of the most offensive words out there. Atticus making sure that Scout doesn't use it shows how he feels about it.
The term is racist in it's own way. Using it shows how you may feel superior over someone else. No race is superior over another. It doesn't matter what your ethnicity is or who you are. We are all people on the same level. It shouldn't be based on the color of your skin or any of that. The lack of this term from Atticus really supports his feelings.
Thanks for reading (:
-Eileena B.
"What'd he mean by sayin' that?" I asked.
"Nothing," Jem said."Ask Atticus, he'll tell you."
"Do you defend n******, Atticus?" I asked him that evening.
"Of course I do. Don't say n******, Scout. That's common."
In this part of To Kill a Mocking Bird, Scout goes to question her father Atticus about something kids and people in town in general had been saying about her father. Atticus simply responded with a bold "Of course I do". I like how Atticus also answers with "Don't say n******, Scout. That's common". It shows how he is trying to actually raise his kids right without all of the racism in their brains. I like how he says that saying n***** is common because in reality it is. Everyone says it, back then and even now but Atticus is saying you don't have to stoop so low and do what everyone else is. He's response shows the respect he has for African Americans.
When you look up the n word, you see how it's when you call someone (specifically an African American) socially,economically, and politically lower than you or ignorant. Even when looking up the word online, they tell you that the word is one of the most offensive words out there. Atticus making sure that Scout doesn't use it shows how he feels about it.
The term is racist in it's own way. Using it shows how you may feel superior over someone else. No race is superior over another. It doesn't matter what your ethnicity is or who you are. We are all people on the same level. It shouldn't be based on the color of your skin or any of that. The lack of this term from Atticus really supports his feelings.
Thanks for reading (:
-Eileena B.
Friday, November 20, 2015
But Mrs. Dubose held us: "Not only a Finch waiting on tables but one in the courthouse lawing for n******!"
You know how you yell at you book when you get angry? That's what I was doing when this scene played out. Mrs. Dubose made me so mad but I guess it does fit in with the time period, what with the racism and Jim Crowe laws during the 1930s. However, just because it's "okay" back then doesn't mean it's okay now or ever really! We all originated in Africa so why would you discriminate against someone for having a darker skin pigment? The one drop law that they had int this time wouldn't really work out so when it gets close, how do you tell who's black? Everyone has a tiny, tiny bit of black blood so it you base it off of blood, we're all black which means we should TREAT EACH OTHER AS SUCH! We're all humans but some people can't seem to understand that we're more similar than they think. It seems like everyone in TKAM wants to bring up the fact that Atticus is a good person who treats people equally, but they do it in a disrespectful way. It awes me to think that being a person who treats people equally was bad and that they managed to segregate humans by skin tone for so many years. Throughout the book, the most common similarity I've seen in people other than the Finches is that they're horribly racist and insult Atticus to JL's face. Francis does it, Mrs. Dubose does it, Cecil does it, etc. Everyone just can't seem to let Atticus do his own thing and MIND THEIR OWN BUISNESS! Unless it concerns you, why does it matter if Atticus is defending an African American? If you start to insult someone for doing their own thing and standing up for a person, I'd advise you to think twice. Being cruel and discriminating will only make you enemies with all the cool people and friends with all the racists, sexists, and discriminatory people in the world.
Until Next Time
-Nicole
You know how you yell at you book when you get angry? That's what I was doing when this scene played out. Mrs. Dubose made me so mad but I guess it does fit in with the time period, what with the racism and Jim Crowe laws during the 1930s. However, just because it's "okay" back then doesn't mean it's okay now or ever really! We all originated in Africa so why would you discriminate against someone for having a darker skin pigment? The one drop law that they had int this time wouldn't really work out so when it gets close, how do you tell who's black? Everyone has a tiny, tiny bit of black blood so it you base it off of blood, we're all black which means we should TREAT EACH OTHER AS SUCH! We're all humans but some people can't seem to understand that we're more similar than they think. It seems like everyone in TKAM wants to bring up the fact that Atticus is a good person who treats people equally, but they do it in a disrespectful way. It awes me to think that being a person who treats people equally was bad and that they managed to segregate humans by skin tone for so many years. Throughout the book, the most common similarity I've seen in people other than the Finches is that they're horribly racist and insult Atticus to JL's face. Francis does it, Mrs. Dubose does it, Cecil does it, etc. Everyone just can't seem to let Atticus do his own thing and MIND THEIR OWN BUISNESS! Unless it concerns you, why does it matter if Atticus is defending an African American? If you start to insult someone for doing their own thing and standing up for a person, I'd advise you to think twice. Being cruel and discriminating will only make you enemies with all the cool people and friends with all the racists, sexists, and discriminatory people in the world.
Until Next Time
-Nicole
"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?".
The quote above lets us know that back in the day there was separation between white and black. In the book Miss cal took two white kids to a black church.
Today in day there is inequality, not the same one that they had back then. We see inequality today in different ways such as when other people cant speak the same language, if u don't speak the same language than people make fun of u. Another inequality is that there is people who don't have papers(immigrant) those people don't have the same rights that some other people with papers have, like people with papers have more jobs opportunities.
The quote above lets us know that back in the day there was separation between white and black. In the book Miss cal took two white kids to a black church.
Today in day there is inequality, not the same one that they had back then. We see inequality today in different ways such as when other people cant speak the same language, if u don't speak the same language than people make fun of u. Another inequality is that there is people who don't have papers(immigrant) those people don't have the same rights that some other people with papers have, like people with papers have more jobs opportunities.
"The Sheriff hadn't the heart to put him in jail alongside Negroes, so Boo was locked in the courthouse basement."
In this part of the book (page 11), Scout is explaining to us the story of Boo Radley, an old white man who hasn't come out of his house for years, and his identity among the townspeople. Boo Radley got in trouble, was confronted by his father and then proceeded to stab him in the leg with a pair of scissors.
When it had to be decided whether Boo would be put in jail, instead of putting him in jail his father confined him to his house for the rest of eternity and he became the town mystery. While this sentence isn't one of the most recognizable or popular sentences of the book, it actually encompasses so much of the statement of the book. This sentence is the perfect demonstration of white privilege and how it affects everyone in society, today and yesterday.
In this part of the book (page 11), Scout is explaining to us the story of Boo Radley, an old white man who hasn't come out of his house for years, and his identity among the townspeople. Boo Radley got in trouble, was confronted by his father and then proceeded to stab him in the leg with a pair of scissors.
When it had to be decided whether Boo would be put in jail, instead of putting him in jail his father confined him to his house for the rest of eternity and he became the town mystery. While this sentence isn't one of the most recognizable or popular sentences of the book, it actually encompasses so much of the statement of the book. This sentence is the perfect demonstration of white privilege and how it affects everyone in society, today and yesterday.
To begin, you can clearly see in the time setting, geographical setting, and the quote that whites are viewed as being "better", or dominant over blacks. This idea is one that is an extremely constant theme in our media and politics today. This theme is the root of white privilege- the idea that whites have an advantage created by society and social constructs that go all the way back to eras sooner than the one in this book!
Boo Radley, though he is a complex and multilayered character, is a criminal. The fact that race (and the need for whites to CONSTANTLY be above blacks) is even merely considered when they need to lock up a criminal, someone who did something absolutely terrible, is sad.
The words "hadn't the heart" suggest that putting Boo in the jail even close to African Americans is doing wrong to Boo. This is a good example of the misted views of the people in this town. They live in the south (Alabama) in the 1930s. Their view of race is possibly the most stunted of everyone. This in no way is an excuse for treating humans like they are less than other humans. I continue to look back on history and be baffled by what goes through people's heads when they make these decisions that go against members of the human race.
This is reflected in events that happen today. I found this clip from one of my favorite series super interesting in comparison to the quote from the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0kV_b3IK9M
It's crazy how people today still think this way in society. The fact that racism has diminished as much as it has gives me some hope, although we need to do as much as we can to get everyone in the world on the same page and stop these things forever.
-Zosia
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.
… 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.
Built-in Racial Segregation
"Not only a Finch waiting on tables, but one in the courthouse lawing for [negroes]!"
--Mrs. Dubose
Before this quote I used, Scout and Jem were walking home after buying a baton and a miniature steam engine. Mrs. Dubose, their mean neighbor, stopped them and began to harass them. It reached its peak with the quote above.
Afterwards, Jem used the baton to cut the tops off Mrs. Dubose's Camellia bushes.
I don't think Mrs. Dubose had any right to say something like that to someone. While she was entitled to her own opinion, she should not voice it in such a nasty way. It would have been much better if she only voiced her opinion in a debate. But she put forward her opinions on a lawsuit to two kids walking home, insulting the siblings in a number of different ways, such as clothing and lifestyle. It was also unethical to insult a group of people filled with kind and intelligent people by calling them such a hateful name.
I have witnessed many racial divides in our society that are indirectly racist: Neighborhoods that are mostly white or mostly black, when our town is 60% black and 30% white. At school, kids tend to hang out with members of their own race. There are racial differences in how often kids get in trouble. It was all over the news how voters needed a driver's license to vote, taking rights of poor voters away. This directly affected the voting rights of blacks as well, since they are poorer in general. Both the quote and the voter ID law show racial separation built into our own society. While almost nobody says the things that Mrs. Dubose said in that passage anymore, there are still beliefs like this built into our society.
--Mrs. Dubose
Before this quote I used, Scout and Jem were walking home after buying a baton and a miniature steam engine. Mrs. Dubose, their mean neighbor, stopped them and began to harass them. It reached its peak with the quote above.
Afterwards, Jem used the baton to cut the tops off Mrs. Dubose's Camellia bushes.
I don't think Mrs. Dubose had any right to say something like that to someone. While she was entitled to her own opinion, she should not voice it in such a nasty way. It would have been much better if she only voiced her opinion in a debate. But she put forward her opinions on a lawsuit to two kids walking home, insulting the siblings in a number of different ways, such as clothing and lifestyle. It was also unethical to insult a group of people filled with kind and intelligent people by calling them such a hateful name.
I have witnessed many racial divides in our society that are indirectly racist: Neighborhoods that are mostly white or mostly black, when our town is 60% black and 30% white. At school, kids tend to hang out with members of their own race. There are racial differences in how often kids get in trouble. It was all over the news how voters needed a driver's license to vote, taking rights of poor voters away. This directly affected the voting rights of blacks as well, since they are poorer in general. Both the quote and the voter ID law show racial separation built into our own society. While almost nobody says the things that Mrs. Dubose said in that passage anymore, there are still beliefs like this built into our society.
Racism in Pride
source of the image- http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3u087z
"He ain't company, Cal, he's just a Cunningham -"
"Hush your mouth! Don't matter who they are, anybody sets foot in this house's yo' comp'ny, and don't you let me catch you remarkin' on their ways like you was so high and mighty!..."
This was a really interesting situation to me. It was so interesting to see Harper Lee using this as a metaphor for Calpurnia to talk to Scout about racism. Reading Scout's reaction to the way that Walter Cunningham ate his food really upset me because it was really rude and judgmental. She quickly acted like this was a barbaric action and made no hesitation to spare his feelings. It did not take long to pair statements such as "he's just a Cunningham" to the racist thing said to African Americans during this time period. Who were referred to as also having animal like appearance and behavior. As expected, it was Calpurnia who most related to the offense and reacted strongly. Which was really hoping would happen because I feel that Atticus's response would have been to light. I think Calpurnia was justified because growing up in such a hateful and prejudice environment Scout should know at an early age that everyone is equal. That way she knows right and wrong and won't become influenced by negativeness in her environment.I think that is also one reason Atticus will never fire Calpurnia. I think he believes that it will be hard to hate something you grew up with your whole life and loved. By spending actual time and getting to know an African American, Scout won't judge people just based on stereotypes. Or, in the lesson from Calpurnia not setting yourself above others. Maintaining that balance of pride and humility is always important and should be taught at a young age. When Pride Goes Wrong | The Sport Journal
Thanks for Reading
-Serach Patterson
Racial Inequality
"Francis, what the hell do you mean?"
"Just what I said. Grandma says it's bad enough the lets you all run wild, but now he's turned n*****-lover we'll never be able to walk the streets of Maycomb again. He's ruinin' the family, that's what he's doin'."
As this scene played out, the only thing that I could think was 'Man, it would suck to live back then.' As someone who's always had a "diverse" group of people in the communities that I take part in, its a strange thought to me that anyone would ever find someone bad for defending a black person. Francis takes the side of a typical white person back in that time with all of his knowledge of what's right an wrong being fed to him by his grandmother and causing him to continue the out of date thinking. As JL was raised to be more liberal and not discriminate by Atticus, she disagrees strongly with his insults and tells Francis so with a swift punch in the nose. I was silently cheering JL on in this scene because finally, finally, we had a spunky, easily provoked female character who can fight for herself with fists rather than words. As much as I love a good argument, there's something so entertaining about physical violence that makes it better to read. In this day and age, people are still disagreeing about the topic of racial equality, though much less than before. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2015-03-01/racial-inequality-after-racism
If they really want to continue thinking like they're in the 20th century, they should at least follow through and live like they are too. If you want to live in modern times, you need to be able to adapt to how people in the newer generations think! I'm very happy that even in the 1930's, JL managed to achieve some sort of equal thinking, even if it did put her apart from most everyone else she knew. If only everyone else in their town educated their kids to think like Atticus and JL do, then that kind of thinking would've spread throughout the world so much earlier! If it had started earlier, maybe there would be less racial discrimination today, especially within some police units as shown by the shootings for innocent black people. We still have people who follow the 1900's thinking today and who would agree strongly with Francis and Aunt A. However, we can shut that down and educate ignorant people whenever possible. Yay for racial equality!
Until Next Time!
-Nicole
"Just what I said. Grandma says it's bad enough the lets you all run wild, but now he's turned n*****-lover we'll never be able to walk the streets of Maycomb again. He's ruinin' the family, that's what he's doin'."
As this scene played out, the only thing that I could think was 'Man, it would suck to live back then.' As someone who's always had a "diverse" group of people in the communities that I take part in, its a strange thought to me that anyone would ever find someone bad for defending a black person. Francis takes the side of a typical white person back in that time with all of his knowledge of what's right an wrong being fed to him by his grandmother and causing him to continue the out of date thinking. As JL was raised to be more liberal and not discriminate by Atticus, she disagrees strongly with his insults and tells Francis so with a swift punch in the nose. I was silently cheering JL on in this scene because finally, finally, we had a spunky, easily provoked female character who can fight for herself with fists rather than words. As much as I love a good argument, there's something so entertaining about physical violence that makes it better to read. In this day and age, people are still disagreeing about the topic of racial equality, though much less than before. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2015-03-01/racial-inequality-after-racism
If they really want to continue thinking like they're in the 20th century, they should at least follow through and live like they are too. If you want to live in modern times, you need to be able to adapt to how people in the newer generations think! I'm very happy that even in the 1930's, JL managed to achieve some sort of equal thinking, even if it did put her apart from most everyone else she knew. If only everyone else in their town educated their kids to think like Atticus and JL do, then that kind of thinking would've spread throughout the world so much earlier! If it had started earlier, maybe there would be less racial discrimination today, especially within some police units as shown by the shootings for innocent black people. We still have people who follow the 1900's thinking today and who would agree strongly with Francis and Aunt A. However, we can shut that down and educate ignorant people whenever possible. Yay for racial equality!
Until Next Time!
-Nicole
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