Racism And Prejudice And Race In To Kill A Mockingbird

Is racism and prejudice in movies portrayed to make the white citizens look morally right, while the blacks are depicted as morally wrong? Every high schooler in America is usually familiar with the movie To Kill A Mockingbird. It is about a white man defending a black man in a rape case, which is very unusual for this time period. Since it is set in the 1950s, it gives viewers a realistic view of how African-Americans were treated by white people--Southerners in this case. The way most people in the town treat African Americans is completely accurate of how people were in the 1950s. I do not think this depiction is wrong morally or ethically because it is exactly how white people acted towards African-Americans at this time, it is not taking a jab at either but instead just trying to show us how it actually was, and they do it in a way that is not offensive to either race. Of course, not every white person is like this some could argue but the majority of people in a small southern town were very racist and cruel to African-Americans. The social commentary of the African-American group in To Kill A Mockingbird is correct because it is showing both sides of white attitude toward African-Americans and how blacks reacted, while hinting that avoiding prejudice would have been beneficial to both races, and also showing the viewer how

The blacks are completely separated from the whites and made to feel as though they are terrible people who do not belong among the whites. The main problem in this film is that a black man named Tom is accused of raping a white girl, which everyone believes to be true, but a white man named Atticus takes the case to defend Tom. This doesn’t seem like it would be a big deal in this day and age, but in those times all of the white people were offended that he was defending what most thought to be the