Racism has existed for centuries as a disease with no cure that infects humankind with hateful thoughts against a different skin color. This has been seen through various racists groups or even whole societies on the global scale. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill A Mockingbird, racism is developed through the actions of the characters against the negro race. Maycomb is a town with many different personalities with the majority hating the negro race due to their economic status and their family background. Throughout the novel, Jem and Scout go through various events that give them more insight on Maycomb’s usual disease, racism. An example would be Tom Robinson’s court case and its outcome which play a major role in helping the reader understand Maycomb’s feelings against negroes and to the level where almost the …show more content…
Since Scout grew up in an environment with people like Calpurnia and Atticus who have neutral views against their opposite race, Scout is not aware of the hatred between the blacks and whites. “Cecil Jacobs had announced the day before that Scout Finch's daddy defended niggers” (Lee 99). The other kids have grown up to have the same racist perspective as their parents and also incorporate the same thoughts. However it’s not the same case with Scout and she comes down to violence instead. The shocking fact here is that kids as little as Scout are racists without any knowledge of the world around them. “…Grandma says it's bad enough he lets you all run wild, but now he's turned out a nigger-lover we'll never be able to walk the streets of Maycomb agin…” (Lee 100 ). This is another example for when Scout’s cousin believes his Grandma and accepts the fact of Atticus being a “nigger lover”. Racism in Maycomb is considered as an usual disease since people believe the first thing they hear and intake the hateful thoughts without considering it