My first thought when Tom Robinson was charged with the rape of Mayella Ewell was, "How could they do this?" All the evidence was given to show that Tom Robinson was not guilty. From Tom's testimony all the way to Bob Ewell being left handed, all the evidence pointed away from Tom Robinson. So why was Tom Robinson convicted when he obviusly did not commit a crime? RACISM! Becuase there were white men in the jury who could not let a black man win over a white man. The white man may have been trash but he was still better than somebody.Racism in the South was very bad and there is still some left today. But how much do people really think about racism existing? I know I don't think about it at all. Just because racism does not relate to us does not mean that it doesn't exist in the world today. I found a website that talks about how much racism is really around today.
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I believe that racism is still alive and well. Even though we have laws against it, it still exists. I think this kind of goes along with affirmative action. I don't really agree with it. Hiring a minority, because they are a minority is silly. It says, "Hey! Sorry for hundreds of years of persecution and slavery, here's a job." I don't really appreciate. The civil rights activists of the sixties wanted equality, not compensation.
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