Review of TKAM

One of the things I learned about in To Kill A Mockingbird was that before judging someone you should look at the situation from their point of view, or as Atticus said walk around in their skin. Also, I realized that case with Tom Robinson is similar to the Emmit Till case in that a unpopular white family was heavily supported in a case against a black man. This showed that Single stories of race trumped the single stories of socioeconomic status. I also realized that today there is more gender discrimination than just unequal pay. I would feel better about my grade if the zero on my Invisible Privilege paper was removed since I turned it in. Performance-wise, the semester is less than half over and their is still time to improve. One single story that comes up a lot in To Kill A Mockingbird is that Blacks are always looking for trouble. A way people can lose this single story is by getting to know an African American, or looking at the world from their point of view. Someone like Link Deas, Tom's employer, was able to get to know him over the years that Tom worked for him and knew that Tom would never try to get into trouble. However, you could also get to know an African American that does fit the single story, so it doesn't always work. The second option is likely what Atticus did when he came to accept African Americans, which is to see the world  from their point of view. He could see that they are people just like everyone else, so some are going to be good and some are going to be bad. Then, in addition to getting to know Tom Robinson, he was able to tell what kind of person he was not because of his skin color but because of his personality and actions.
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