Racism In To Kill A Mockingbird And The Hurricane

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Half of black Americans who are born poor will stay poor their entire lives, the chains of racism constrain and encumber them from birth and the rest of America just plays dumb.

The most segregated place in the world is a city called Milwaukee in America. The residents there are 99% white. The unbearable racism against black Americans has nauseated the world, but there’s still a large percentage of Americans who don’t see this as an issue- Racism lives and it’s thriving in America.
The American novel set in the 1930’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” and the 1999 film “The Hurricane”, show us black people who are forced to endure unfair treatment and insults just because of their skin colour.
Fortunately, there’s always a voice whose stands up …show more content…

He spent over twenty years in jail for a triple murder, in a bar, he did not commit.
In accordance with police, his so called crime motivation is that ‘the bar didn't serve blacks, so, naturally, this crazy nigger, Rubin Carter, had to take out his vengeance on the entire white race.’
The facts were Rubin Carter was a successful, wealthy boxer whose only brush with the law was when he was an eleven year old boy. The racism in America at this time is highlighted by the fact a guilty verdict was handed down without really substantial evidence. This guilty verdict was carried through a Supreme Court Appeal.
Things are not always fair and things are not always just. But at the time ‘To Kill a Mocking Bird’ was written and Rubin Carter was unfairly convicted, fairness and justice were rare for Negro on Americans.
Luckily, there was a voice there to stand up for Justice for Rubin Carter and Tom Robinson. In Rubin’s case it took twenty years for this voice to get justice. In Tom’s case, he ended up dead, shot by a white man, despite this …show more content…

Atticus says: "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it." Atticus really examines Tom’s character and the events and present a good case. The colour of Tom’s skin doesn’t stop him from giving Tom the strongest defines he possibly can.
He believes that the justice system should be colour blind and he defended Tom as an innocent man not a coloured man. He’s not just standing up for a black man, he’s standing up for those in society who can easily be victims. In the 1999’s American film ‘The Hurricane’, there is also some beautiful souls who work on Carter’s legal case and they help Rubin to take the case all the way to the Federal Court of Appeal.
After reading Rubin Carter’s book about his wrong conviction Lesra Martin then corresponding with Rubin was motivated to study law to enable him to fight for Rubin. Three other students joined with Lesra to continue the battle. The fact that Rubin skin was black did not deter these students.
“We're all in this together, and we're not leaving till we all leave. You're beautiful. We're going to take you

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