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