Racism is a very serious issue that affects many people's lives. It is an issue that people need to realize the effect it has on this world. Racist people are destroying the world everyday by hatred towards another race. In To Kill A Mockingbird, racism is found in the town of Maycomb which affected the people greatly. Racism is clearly shown to originate from the lack of knowledge and understanding of people of a different …showed first 75 words of 1234 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1234 total…half caste children, neither white or black, being denied any identity and place in society, all because of racism. This is because people don't have the opportunity or don't make an effort to understand people of a different or mixture of races. Overcoming this lack of understanding would mean Tom would go free, a lawyer would be respected, children could attend any church they wished to attend, and the cast-out's would be included among us.