JackieS.

Period2
Zierenberg
ThemeCollageAnalysis
RacismIsStillAModernIssueAnalysis
MygroupandIpickedthethemeracism.InthebookToKillAMockingbirdbyHarperLee,
racismisahugethemeinthenovel.InthesmalltownofMayomb,everyonejudgeseachothernomatter
what,especiallyaboutrace.InToKillAMockingBird,HarperLeestates,"niggerloverisjustoneof
thosetermsthatdon'tmeananythinglikesnotnose.It'shardtoexplainignorant,trashypeopleuse
itwhentheythinksomebody'sfavoringNegroesoverandabovethemselves(107).Thetermnigger
wasusedoftenusedagainstAfricanAmericanstheconflictbetweenwhitesandblacks..Thecharacter,
Atticus,talksabouthisviewoftheword,andwhatitmeanstohim,whichheissharingwithhisdaughter
Scout.Peoplestilluseittoday.
Racismstillhappenstoday,butitisveryrarewhenitdoes.Usuallypeopleuseitjokingly,but
thereareveryraretimeswhenoccasionswithracismcomeonthenews.Forexample,ownerofthe
NBALosAngelesClippers,DonaldSterling,hewasannoyedwhenhesawhisgirlfriendassociating
withAfricanAmericans.Hebelivestheyareabadinfluenceonpeopleandsheshouldhavenorever
againassociatewiththem.Sterlingwasraisedinthetimewherewhitesandblacksdidnotgetalong.He
grewupduringthrtimeoftheCivilRightsMovement,whichhasahugeimpactonhowhethinkstoday.
AnotherexampleisthebookTheAbsoluteDiaryofaPartTimeIndian.ShermanAlexiw,theauthor,
talksaboutthingshewentthroughduringhislifedealingwithracistcommentsherecievedinelementary,
andhighschool.RacismIsStillAModernIssue.