Racial Hierarchies In To Kill A Mockingbird

Racial Hierarchies Effect on our Young

With in my research, I found that many children are being taught by their parents that race doesn’t matter, when in fact race actually does matter. Most white children get the feeling of shame and inadequacy, because of not knowing how to conversate with other races. Research suggests that the fear of perpetuating racial misunderstandings means being seen as a racist, which is making children feel bad. In fact , by simply not knowing what to say, many white parents tend to believe that there is never a right time to initiate a conversation about race. Therefore, the children’s parents only talk about race when it becomes relevant in their lives, Consequently, mostly in negative contexts though.

Shame? Why do people feel shame when they talk about race. Ali Michael said “I realized that this shame came from the silence about race in my childhood.”(Michael), who has experienced this shame feeling before. In my opinion, if we resolve this racial conflict, there is a definite bright future ahead for the whole world. Our children will need to learn awareness and skills that they cannot acquire through silence and omission. Not only do the children need to take action but, our schools also need to take action and take a more proactive approach to teach white students about race and racial

No doubt, if this conflict of racial hierarchy was resolved at the period of Tom had his trial, he would of have won and would,ve been found not guilty. This is one of many of problems that this conflict has caused throughout time and space .In other words, all the problems that were in the past would’ve, could’ve, and should’ve been easily resolved, if everyone could of just gotten over this racial hierarchy and treated all as