Racism in the 1930's
To Kill a Mockingbird
Segregation in the South
How This Related To The Book
Tom Robinson Case
The corruption of racism was so strong it even went into the court system because of pressure from racist whites. There was many things wrong with the trial from the start. For starters the jury only consisted of only whites. Which made it difficult for Tom to even have a chance because these were whites who have always been taught the integrity of a white woman was more important than one of a black mans. The second injustice was the Judge who governed the case. He was a judge who just went with the flow and didn't really have an opinion of his own. He just went with what people wanted and in this case it was a lot of white people wanting Tom Robinson hanged. Even though Atticus gave an outstanding and compelling argument it wasn't enough to overcome the racism of the south.