Discrimination- the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or gender. There are many forms of discrimination depicted in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. The biggest form of discrimination in the book is prejudice toward black people and people who are different. This type of prejudice creates a bad outlook on some people because they judged before anyone knows them. Several forms of discrimination that I am going to be talking about are direct discrimination and indirect discrimination. Direct discrimination is when someone is treated unfairly because of there age, gender, race, or disability. Indirect discrimination is where there is a requirement or rule that …show more content…
is the same for everyone but not followed for everyone. Tom Robinson, is a middle-aged black man who lives in Maycomb, Alabama back in the 1930s.
He is accused of raping a white woman, Mayella Ewell and put on trial. He is immediately judged by all the white people in town and everyone thinks he did it even without explanation because he is a black man.
Atticus Finch, a lawyer, he was hand selected to defend Tom in his case. Atticus is a good and morally sound white man who isn’t prejudiced. He is a father so that makes him a good lawyer because he can relate things to people's lives. Since Atticus is a great lawyer, he makes connections to the case and to Tom. He first asks Mr. Ewell, the defendant in the case,
“ Can you write your name?” He did this so everyone could see that Mr. Ewell was left-handed.” He then asks Tom to stand up to see that his left arm is crippled by an incident when he was younger.” Then he asks Mayella,
“What side did you get punched in the face”, She answered,
“I was punched on the right side.” Then Atticus thought inside his head, “How could he have beaten up Mayella, he is right-handed and she got hit on the right side so the attacker might be left-handed because usually when someone is hit on the right side a left-handed person did
…show more content…
it.” So then Atticus made that connection that Mr. Ewell is left-handed. So Atticus replied, “Mayella did you father ever beat you up or hurt you.” “NO”, exclaimed Mayella! “Mayella did your father make you say any of these things?” But once again Mayella exclaimed, “NO!” Now it’s Mr. Ewell's time to talk and he says some very mean and rude things to Tom Robinson even though Tom didn’t rape his daughter but no one believes him. With all these things that Mr. Ewell is saying, Dill leaves the courtroom crying. Jem runs out after him, she gets outside and asks, “Dill what’s wrong?” “He answered I feel really sick!” He lied, he really left the courtroom because he was upset at Mr. Ewell for insulting him and calling him “boy” After a bit, they went back in the courtroom, up to the balcony. Atticus has been on this case for hours now and it is almost dark. Everyone is getting anxious and wants to leave but Atticus is explaining things that make everyone think, “How could Tom of done it?” Then the judge asks Atticus, “Are you almost done it’s getting late?” Atticus answered, “Yes.” The judge then made a decision that he was innocent! The all-white men jury decided that he was guilty and they overruled the judge so he was proven GUILTY! After Tom Robinson was guilty, all the women and children had to leave the courtroom because of the topic the men were going to talk about. Since the women and children had to leave the courtroom, this is discrimination in gender. Boo Radley, is a middle-aged white man who lives in Maycomb, Alabama. He is also discriminated by everyone in the town and this type of discrimination that is toward him is indirect discrimination. Even though he is a white man he is still discriminated because no one really knows who he is, or what he looks like. No one knows any of these things anymore because when he was younger he was a bad child and his dad locked him up in his house, and no one has seen him since. His dad locked him up in their house about thirty years ago so that’s why people discriminate him. They discriminate him because he is different from everyone else. There are rumors about him and no one knows if they are true or a lie because no one can ask him. Another form of discrimination is sexism or direct discrimination, toward Scout. Scout, is a young girl who lives in Maycomb, Alabama. She is discriminated because she is a tomboy and different from the other girls. She is a tomboy due to when she was younger she lost her mom and grew up with her dad and brother. Her aunt always says, “ I do not approve of your unladylike behavior!” So Scout’s aunt made it her mission to make Scout more ladylike. But on the other hand, Atticus really does not care that Scout is a tomboy. Scout even says, “ I do not like being called a girl because it is an insult to me.” But her aunt does not care and she says, “ You must follow my rules!” But Scout does not feel like she has to. A quote from the book explains how she feels by being like a girl is, “I felt the starched walls of a pink cotton penitentiary closing in on me, and for the second time in my life, I thought of running away. Immediately.” The last person that was discriminated was Walter Cunningham and his family.
This kind of discrimination that is toward him is indirect discrimination. Walter Cunningham is a young white child who lives in Maycomb, Alabama back in the 1930s. He is discriminated because his family does not have very much money, and they suffer from poverty. One time Walter did not have lunch money, so Miss Caroline, the teacher, offered him some money but he refused it because he knew he would not be able to pay it back. Miss Caroline did not understand why he would not take the money because she is new to Maycomb. So Scout explained it to her and
said, “ The Cunninghams suffer from poverty, and one time Atticus served as their lawyer but since they did not have any money to repay him with they used stovewood and hickory nuts.” But the reason why they are discriminated is that they suffer from poverty and can't pay anyone back with regular money. The reason why I choose this topic to talk about is that I do not like how a lot of people were treated back then for being a little bit different than everyone, even if they were the same color, but especially for being a different color. Discrimination that I talked about in the book was direct and indirect discrimination. Those types of discrimination are not good because they are all the types of discrimination just in two words. So you can just imagine how terrible discrimination would be now if we did not make it better. Just like in the book, it was only discriminating a couple people for being a different color or even for just being different. So just think how bad it really was back then. Now, I am glad that discrimination is not as prevalent and people are more accepting, but we still do have it. So I think we should work to eliminate as much discrimination as we can because no matter what skin color you are you are still a person. Just like what Atticus says in the book, “ You never really understand a person until you consider things from his or her’s point of view… until you climb into his or her’s skin and walk around in it.” This relates to discrimination because it is saying that you can never understand a person even if they are a different color until you see how their day is if you are them. So do not judge other people for who they are if you can not relate to them in day to day life!
Tom is a nice young man who needs to go to court for being accused of raping a young girl named Mayella, although he did not go threw it alone. He had his lawyer Atticus Finch. Atticus is a single father of two. He believes that no matter who he is defending, if that person is innocent, he deserves justice and he will try his best so justice will be served.
Tom Robinson is a kind black man whom Atticus is defending against the charge that he raped Mayella Ewell. Atticus knows that he will lose because Tom is black, but he also knows that Tom is innocent and that he has to defend him. Tom Robinson is portrayed as a hard-working father and husband in the novel and he was only attempting to help Mayella since no one else would, but she made advances that he refused and her father saw them. On the witness stand, he testifies that he helped her because, "'Mr. Ewell didn't seem to help her none, and neither did the chillun.'" (256). Even though Tom helps Mayella out of kindness and pity, Mayella is trapped and must accuse him of raping her to save her own life. Shortly after being wrongfully convicted
Discrimination is prevalent when people that are different are called names. Some people thought blacks were automatically dumb because of their color. They weren't allowed to do anything but menial tasks (such as chopping wood) and hard labor because they were thought too dumb. The novel TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee has numerous accounts of racism and prejudice throughout the entire piece. The novel is set in the 1930's, a time when racism was very prevalent.
How would you like it if someone walked up to you and berated you based on the color of your skin? A characteristic like that isn’t even something you can control, so an insult of that nature can leave one furious and oppressed. Discrimination is inevitable in any culture, throughout history, in modern times, and even in ancient times. For example, the oppression and murder of 6 million Jewish people during the Holocaust, the African Slave Trade which occurred for multiple centuries, and more recently, the “ethnic cleansing” of Rohingya people in Myanmar, brought on by the government of the Asian nation, all of which are tragedies doomed to happen when history repeats itself and people do not learn
What is discrimination? Discrimination is a combination of representation, stereotyping and ideology set by society to rank different groups of people. In an excerpt of “The Woman in the Window”, Ramona Lowe shows that there is a racial discrimination toward African-Americans in America. The story focuses on Mrs. Jackson, an African-American who lives in the north, and the struggles she faces at her work place. She was hired to cook in front of a restaurant window dressing as a stereotypical “Southern mammy” (Lowe 3) to attract customers. While cooking in front of the restaurant window, Mrs. Jackson was laughed at by a group of white kids who called her “Aunt Jemima and nigger” (Lowe 3). Clearly, Mrs. Jackson was mistreated because the society she lives in ranks her race, Black, lower than her bosses', which is white. Lowe’s short story, “The Woman in the Window”, demonstrates a racial discrimination against Blacks during the 1940s by incorporating representation, stereotyping and ideology in the text.
Discrimination is a problem that plagues those whose qualities are vulnerable. There are many examples of discrimination in the novel, Of Mice and Men. The characters face discrimination in many different ways including racial, age, gender, and disability. Crooks, the black stable buck, is the victim of racial discrimination. Candy, the old swamper, is a victim of the age discrimination. The victim of gender discrimination is Curley's wife because she is a woman. Life of the victims is hard because of the things they have to go through. Lastly, Lennie is mentally handicap so he discriminated against because of that.
The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the ground of race, age, or sex. In book of Mice and Men back in history many kind of people are discriminated against and the kind of discrimination gets harsh on 3 people. Discrimination affect characters in of Mice and Men through Crooks being Ignored and isolated from people, Curley 's wife not being looked as equal as the other people, and Lennie being looked as not a normal person.
Discrimination: Discrimination indicates an unjust, unfair or an unreasonable bias in favor of one and against another on the basis of a protected characteristic, such as race, age, gender, caste or disability. EEOC Recognizes thirteen forms of discrimination. Age, Disability, Equal Pay/Compensation, Genetic information, Harassment, National Origin, Pregnancy, Race/Color, Religion, Retaliation, Harassment, Sexual Harassment and more.
Discrimination: Treating people differently through prejudice: unfair treatment of one person or group, usually because of prejudice about race, ethnicity, age, religion, or gender.
Prejudice, defined as judging someone based off of prior knowledge or their physical appearance. Throughout reading To Kill a Mockingbird many lessons are shown, one prominent thing to be learned from the story, is not to judge a person before you know them. Many of the children begin to learn that being judged primarily is common in Maycomb County. Prejudice is a large theme in the story, shown through gender, class, and racial discrimination.
Discrimination is taking an action against someone based solely on their sexuality, age, or gender, and racism, more specifically, is unfair treatment of an individual based on their race. The article mentioned in the question, where a man changed his name from Jose to Joe on job applications and received significantly more offers, brought light to the widespread racism still prevalent in the United States.
Discrimination is the physical unjust treatment towards different people. In the film, 12 Years a Slave, discrimination is extremely prominent. For instance, in the thirtieth minute, coloured people are introduced by their clothes, family and identity being stripped away from them. For instance, Soloman, (a main slave in the film) is introduced by the stripping of his clothes, kidnapped and separated from his family and given a different name. Additionally, Soloman is then referred to as, Patsey, however, when he doesn’t respond to his new name, he is severely beaten. Furthermore, Soloman and other slaves, are then stripped of their clothes and forced to stand naked and are treated as objects as they stand for sale, in front of customers. Therefore,
Discrimination is the act of “making a distinction in favor for or against a person or thing on the basis of the group, class, or category to which the person or thing belongs rather than according to actual merit; show partiality” (Discriminate). Discrimination is a very complex problem in American society. People will discriminate against each other because of lack knowledge or personal ignorance today, also People can judge others without thinking. For this reason, people compare themselves to ourselves, and their ideal model of a human being. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the types of discrimination, how to distinguish each type, and show how it affects people. People judge others because of their religion, personality, race,
Discrimination definition: the practice of unfairly treating a person or group of people differently from other people or groups of people Source: Merriam Webster
Frankly, when people hear or think of the word "discrimination"; they some times automatically assume it is a Black and White race issue. Contrary to the belief, discrimination is an unjust, unfair or unreasonable favoring of characteristics, such as race, sex, age, gender, caste or disability over another. The signs of discrimination can be subtle or bold, a statement or ruin gesture. Moreover, it can be an indirect or directed act towards women or men; as well as the young and the elderly.