There
are three references to racism inof
. The first reference comes whenis
talking about her
family's ancestor Simon Finch, who,
having forgotten his teachers dictum on the possession of human chattels,
bought three
slaves and with their aid established a homestead on the banks
of the Alabama River.
This homestead
is, at the time of the story, occupied by 's sister,
Alexandra. This brief,
seemingly insignificantto Simon Finch's possession of slaves is a
reminder
that slavery at this time was ubiquitous. Even the life of a liberal person
like
Atticus has racism in its ancestral roots.
The second
reference to racism is
when Scout is describing 's house. She describes it as
a frightening place, a place which the
people of Maycomb County would
associate with crime and wrongdoing. Scout explains
that
A Negro would not pass the Radley Place at night,
he
would cut across to the sidewalk opposite and whistle as he
walked.
A black
person...
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