Calpurnia said 'it's the same God, ain't it' ” (Page 158).
During this time, most public services were segregated; places were either for “the colored” (black) or the “non-colored” (white). Most of the colored people did not accept the non-colored, and the non-colored did not accept the colored. As said in this quote, Lula does not like the fact that Calphurnia brought “white chillun,” Jem and Scout, into a colored church.
This quotation has taught me that racism is not just about whites oppressing blacks; it is about any race making negative assumptions about any other race. In this this example, Lula is being racist towards the children by wanting to exclude them from her religious practice based on the colour of their skin.
Harper Lee shows that some people care about which colour others' skin is, while others don't. Harper Lee stated with the words of Calpurnia that race shouldn't matter, because in this case, both parties share the same God.
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| This checkerboard represents the people: the black and the white. The squares are the same besides the colour, so why should they be treated differently? |
“ ‘It ain’t right, Atticus,’ said Jem. ‘No son, it’s not right’" (284).
Jem and many others believe that Tom Robinson is innocent; however, solely because of his race and his accuser is white, he is found guilty. Even though Mayella Ewell doesn’t have a lot of evidence, she still won because she is white and Tom is black. During this time, it was very difficult to be found innocent as a black person if the accuser was white. Juries typically found black people guilty in these cases.
This quotation taught me about the great injustices that non-whites have suffered because of racism. I realize there is still a lot of racism today, however, it has definitely improved since the time this book was written in.
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