The most obvious affect racism has on the people of Maycomb (the setting of To Kill a Mockingbird) occurs between the whites and the blacks. A great example of this happens during Tom’s Robinson’s trial. “"What was the evidence of her offense? Tom Robinson, a human being. She must put Tom Robinson away from her. Tom Robinson was her daily reminder of what she did. What did she do? She tempted a Negro. She was white, and she tempted a Negro. She did something that in our society is unspeakable: she kissed a black man. Not an old Uncle, but a strong young Negro man. No code mattered to her before she broke it, but it came crashing down on her afterwards." (Lee 203). This quote shows the traditions of society. White citizens weren’t even socially allowed to confront a Black citizen personally, let alone kiss one. Whites not only viewed blacks as inferior but they didn’t even see them as people.
The most obvious affect racism has on the people of Maycomb (the setting of To Kill a Mockingbird) occurs between the whites and the blacks. A great example of this happens during Tom’s Robinson’s trial. “"What was the evidence of her offense? Tom Robinson, a human being. She must put Tom Robinson away from her. Tom Robinson was her daily reminder of what she did. What did she do? She tempted a Negro. She was white, and she tempted a Negro. She did something that in our society is unspeakable: she kissed a black man. Not an old Uncle, but a strong young Negro man. No code mattered to her before she broke it, but it came crashing down on her afterwards." (Lee 203). This quote shows the traditions of society. White citizens weren’t even socially allowed to confront a Black citizen personally, let alone kiss one. Whites not only viewed blacks as inferior but they didn’t even see them as people.