Hell joke racial discrimination

To Kill a Mockingbird is the only novel by American writer Ha Bai Lee. This novel is based on the true story of the author when he was a child. It reflects the intensification of racial conflicts and the unfair treatment of blacks during the Great Depression in the United States, which leads to thinking about racial issues and human nature.

The whole story is mainly divided into two parts. The first part tells the story of Bu Radley, a stranger in a small town. His father kept him at home because of his mistakes in his teens, and no one has seen him go out since. In this regard, various legends about him are circulating in the town. In people's mouth, he became a monster. This also aroused the curiosity of 6-year-old Scott and his brother, and started an "adventure" journey with his distant friend Deere.

The second part of the story tells that black Tom was accused of rape by a white girl in the town. The judge appointed Scott's father Addicks as his defense lawyer. The Atticus family was criticized for agreeing to defend blacks. Although the trial of the case finally proved that the white girl lied, Tom was wronged. But the jury composed of white people still voted Tom guilty. While Atticus was preparing to appeal, Tom tried to escape from prison and was killed.

Because this novel reflects the deep-rooted racial discrimination in the United States, it was resisted in the United States. Even in 1977, it was listed as a "banned book" by a school.

However, this does not prevent the popularity of this book. First of all, after its publication in Britain, it quickly became a current best seller, with sales in the United States reaching more than 1 1 10,000 copies. Even now, it is listed as a must-read book for high school students by many American high schools.

In the second year of publication, the book won the Pulitzer Prize and was translated into more than 40 languages. Douban 9.2 points.

Let's look at racial discrimination during the Great Depression in the United States from the perspective of children and think about its significance to mankind.

For a long time, the United States has been presented to the world as a "melting pot of races". The problem of racial discrimination caused by mixed blood has a long history and has not been completely solved until now.

Therefore, the struggle for rights and equality between whites and blacks in America has never really stopped.

Speaking of the roots of racial discrimination in the United States, it happened long before blacks appeared on American soil.

Influenced by the Elizabethan culture in Britain, Americans have different definitions of the skin color of whites and blacks: white represents all positive images such as justice, purity, kindness, wisdom and courage; And black represents the negative images such as depravity and darkness.

From 65438 to the 1960s, a large number of blacks were sold to the American continent as slaves, and the visual impact and status difference of slavery once again strengthened the white consciousness of Americans. They think they are noble and tidy, and black people are lowly and dirty.

Although Lincoln promulgated the Emancipation Proclamation in 1862; In the mid-20th century, American laws abolished apartheid; 1969, the United States promulgated the Equal Employment Opportunity Law, which guaranteed black people's equal right to work, but racial discrimination in the United States was not completely eradicated.

Until now, the unemployment rate of black Americans is significantly higher than that of whites, and the average economic income is not as good as that of whites.

2. The living conditions of black Americans during the Great Depression.

The background of this work is the Great Depression.

The Great Depression was an American economic crisis during the period of 1929-1933. During this period, the unemployment rate rose sharply. However, the disadvantaged blacks were oppressed in the working, education, employment and living environment at that time, so racial conflicts intensified, especially the struggle between whites and blacks in the United States.

The story in this book is based on the author's real childhood experience. The little girl in the book, the narrator of the whole story, Scott, is the prototype of the author.

193 1 year, when the author was five years old, nine blacks were accused of raping two white women. After a long trial, four of the nine blacks were sentenced to life imprisonment. At that time, because there were many contradictions in the testimony of two white women, many famous American lawyers and residents thought it was an unjust case caused by racial discrimination.

This incident has also become the blueprint of the story in the book, reflecting the living conditions of black Americans during the Great Depression.

Second, from the perspective of children, we can see the racial contradictions in ordinary life.

In the eyes of adults, the daily life in Mecom town is ordinary and normal. However, through the perspective of the little girl Scott, I saw the racial contradictions in this seemingly ordinary life.

1. Class contradiction between white employers and black nannies.

In Scott's home, there is a black nanny Carl who has taken care of them since childhood. Although Mr. and Mrs. Scott have never discriminated against Carl, they sometimes show class polarization in their lives.

When Scott's father, Addicks, left home for an emergency meeting, the task of taking care of Scott and her brother was given to the loyal and reliable Carl.

At the weekend, Carl took two children to his church. But there, two children were rejected from the beginning, and a black woman accused Carl of bringing them into the black church.

At that time, the white church and the black church were separated, blacks had no right to enter the white church, and whites disdained to be near the black church.

Therefore, when Carl showed up with two children and called the two white children guests, it triggered hostility among black women.

After going to church, Scott learned that only four black people in the church could read. As one of them, Carl has never been to school, and Carl's children can only be taught the Bible by their mothers.

After returning home, menstruation strongly opposed Scott's idea of visiting Carl's house. In her eyes, if Carl is black, he has no good character and will teach two children bad.

This is the first time Scott has seen the class differences between whites and blacks: no equal status, no equal right to education and no equal personality.

2. The racial contradiction between "inferior" white families and black workers.

Black Tom was accused of rape by white girl Mecom.

Mecom was born in the local ewell family, which is notoriously idle and misbehaving in the local area. They don't want to take part in labor, but live on the county welfare fund. Their home is behind the garbage dump, where they usually compete with stray animals for food. Their children don't like school, and they are born with all kinds of parasites.

Although he is also white, he belongs to the "inferior family" among white families. If it weren't for race, white people had to "keep in line with the outside world", and the ewell family was not popular with white people.

When Tom was on trial, Scott and his brother sneaked into the court out of curiosity and concern for his father. In their observation, it was found that the defendant Tom was polite, tried to live by his own labor and was helpful. He is a typical good man.

After listening to the whole trial, Scott learned that Tom had been wronged, and she was convinced that all adults had seen the truth. However, to Scott's surprise, the jury members finally voted that Tom was guilty.

This is Scott once again witnessed the racial conflict between whites and blacks: although white families misbehave and black families are honest, when it comes to racial conflicts, whites will abandon so-called justice and choose to safeguard racial rights and interests.

Third, the ubiquitous racial discrimination reflects the selfishness and prejudice of human nature.

In this story, apart from the discrimination of the white group against the black group, it is full of "racial discrimination" everywhere, revealing the prejudice of human nature.

1, discrimination against poor groups, basic judgment of losing personality.

If it weren't for the conflict with the blacks, among the white inner population, it is not correct to acquiesce in the conduct of the ewell family, even if it is only a child.

In the story, a little boy from ewell happened to be in Scott's class. On his first day at school, the lice on his head frightened the teacher. The teacher ordered him to go home and wash his hair in the afternoon before coming to school in front of the whole class. This greatly hurts a child's self-esteem. In order to protect himself, he chose to resist and left school.

But no one thought that the child had been hurt. On the contrary, everyone came to comfort the wronged teacher and thought that the children in this family were born with a lack of upbringing.

If the child is not born in a ewell family with a bad reputation, and if he also has beautiful clothes and shoes, maybe teachers and classmates will communicate with him in different ways, which will not hurt his self-esteem so directly.

Because of the "family aura", people lost their basic judgment on the character of young ewell, and his origin became his original sin.

2. Discrimination against women shows that men have absolute control over rights.

Miss Modi is a widow in a small town. Although she lost her husband, Miss Modi still tried to love life. She repairs her garden carefully every day, still beautiful and confident. However, in the eyes of Christians in the town, it is Miss Modi's "original sin" to enjoy life after losing her husband. They cursed Miss Modi to go to hell with her flowers.

Finally, one night, Miss Modi's house was burned to ashes. No one knows who the murderer is, but what is certain is that the fire has brought balance to those who hate Miss Modi.

In the trial of Tom's case, Scott thought that a kind person like Miss Modi should be a member of the jury. But the answer given by my father is that the local government stipulates that women cannot be jurors.

From the curse on Miss Modi to the fact that women can't join the jury, all of them reflect the "racial discrimination" of male groups against female groups.

Behind this discrimination is men's denial of women's ability and personality and their absolute control over social rights.

3. Discrimination against "marginalized groups" shows the prejudice against human nature under the mainstream values.

At the beginning of the story, Radley, who stayed at home, aroused the curiosity of the Scott brothers and sisters. But what really makes them curious is all kinds of rumors about Radley.

Everyone in the town thinks that he is a "ghost" who will stare at other people's windows at night, and his breath will even freeze other people's flowers. Everyone refused to pass by his house. They think that Radley is a "devil" who will hurt innocent passers-by. He is a symbol of evil, cold blood and darkness.

However, in the tree hole outside Radley's house, the Scott brothers and sisters often find "gifts". This is the eccentric Radley, secretly expressing his love for innocent children.

When Miss Modi's house caught fire, Scott, shivering in the cold wind, was covered with a thin blanket at some point. The owner of this blanket is Radley.

When Scott and his brother were attacked by ewell because their father defended blacks, it was Radley who rushed out and saved two children.

Under the examination of mainstream values, Radley is out of tune with this society. He didn't live according to the agreed way, so his image was taken for granted.

However, from the perspective of children, we find that this is just a kind of prejudice. Although Radley's lifestyle is different from others, he has a purer and kinder heart.

In the assimilation of mainstream values, we tend to be self-centered and have unfounded prejudice against other marginal groups.

Conclusion:

Although there are relatively few racial problems caused by skin color around us, racial discrimination can be seen everywhere in our lives: discrimination against gender, discrimination against money status and discrimination against different behaviors. ......

We confine ourselves to the condom of adults, and under the impact of mainstream values, we lose our judgment and have prejudice against all people or things that seem out of place.

This makes us become "qualified" people, but we gradually lose ourselves and our most precious humanity.

Sometimes, we have to learn to escape from these frameworks, re-examine the world from the perspective of children, and look at seemingly different people and things around us.

Only by letting go of prejudice can we really understand a person; Only by letting go of discrimination can we treat the world fairly.