He was accused for something he didn’t do just because of the color of his skin. If he was definitely guilty with provided evidence to prove it; that would be one thing. But because the society, environment, and time period was very against those of different race or skin color, it just made Tom robinson a prime target. Atticus who defended Tom Robinson gave solid facts of the town’s general mindset, “the evil assumption—that all Negroes lie, that all Negroes are basically immoral beings, that all Negro men are not to be trusted around our women, an assumption that one associates with minds of their calibre” (Lee). The phrase that sticks out upon anything else is “the evil assumption,” which points how people just assumed that this innocent black man was guilty of something. Again, because of the time period itself and the environment the people in this town were surrounded with. Even with all of the definite racism going on, there were also moments of question. A case that occurred at the peak of racism brought on this statement; “Overwhelming public sympathy for King following the national broadcast of holiday’s video tape prompted Los
He was accused for something he didn’t do just because of the color of his skin. If he was definitely guilty with provided evidence to prove it; that would be one thing. But because the society, environment, and time period was very against those of different race or skin color, it just made Tom robinson a prime target. Atticus who defended Tom Robinson gave solid facts of the town’s general mindset, “the evil assumption—that all Negroes lie, that all Negroes are basically immoral beings, that all Negro men are not to be trusted around our women, an assumption that one associates with minds of their calibre” (Lee). The phrase that sticks out upon anything else is “the evil assumption,” which points how people just assumed that this innocent black man was guilty of something. Again, because of the time period itself and the environment the people in this town were surrounded with. Even with all of the definite racism going on, there were also moments of question. A case that occurred at the peak of racism brought on this statement; “Overwhelming public sympathy for King following the national broadcast of holiday’s video tape prompted Los