Prejudice In To Kill A Mockingbird

Prejudice is one of the major themes of Harper Lee’s award winning novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. Aside from winning many honors, the book displays many themes that today’s society can still relate to, like civil rights. Today, civil rights are being denied all over the world; people are discriminated based on their background. Many people make efforts against these denials of civil rights, but how are they denied today?
One of the major bigotries today’s society has is on the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) community. In the United States, 25 states and Washington D.C. allow same-sex marriage. The other 25 states ban same-sex marriage with a few states allowing domestic partnerships and civil unions. Many countries, especially

In 2013, the Upstate Atheists, a group of atheists based in Spartanburg, South Carolina, offered to volunteer at a soup kitchen in Spartanburg. Lou Landram, executive director of the soup kitchen, claimed she would resign from her position as executive director before she would let atheists volunteer and be a disservice to her community. The Upstate Atheists later went on to hand out care packages that held hygienic products like toothpaste and combs to the homeless. The group wanted to volunteer and contribute to the community, but they were rejected based on their beliefs. This may not be surprising; after all, this did happen in the Bible Belt of the United States, where many are socially conservative and religious. However, it still doesn’t give a reason to why the Upstate Atheists’ offer was denied. They were discriminated based on a difference that could have been

Several countries disagree with everyone getting an education, whether it’s based on their religion, gender, or sexuality. Malala Yousafzai, a 17-year-old women’s rights activist, faced threats from the Taliban for speaking out about how the Taliban took away her basic right to education. She continued to make her opinions public, and soon the Taliban tracked her down and attacked her. She didn’t have the freedom of expression and speech that she deserved. Malala has recovered since then and has been an inspiration to many; she has fueled the fight for equality. Most recently, she won the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts against the suppression of the right of all children to education.
Joshua Wong is one of the founders of the activist group, Scholarism. He is known for protesting against moral and national education, a school curriculum proposed by the Hong Kong government. Moral and nation education is considered by many in Hong Kong to be brainwashing into supporting China’s Communist Party. In September 2014, Wong was arrested during a pro-democracy protest. He was arrested based on his individual rights of speech and