I absolutely agree with this quote. This critical lens applies to the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird ,by Harper Lee because we the "evil" is being represents as the prejudice of the town. ... Conrad's quote, "The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness." applies to the novel , To Kill a Mockingbird in many ways. ... The people create the prejudice in this town, and so this prejudice is the "evil", which Conrad speaks about, the evil which men create. ... Characterization is used to more improve our prospect on the evil o...

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But, he knew the person was white by this quote someone said he said. ... Another thing is that some people even put animals above blacks, as told in the rest of the quote. ... Because he is doing this, most people in town are calling him a "nigger" lover. ... Confident that you gentlemen, would go along with them on one assumption, the evil assumption, that all Negroes lie, that all Negroes are immoral beings, that all Negroes are not to be trusted around our women, an assumption that of one mind of their caliber. ... As you tell by this quote, " you've got to do something about her. ...

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This quote by the female protagonist in Tobias Wolff's short story, "Say Yes- addresses the unlikelihood of an interracial couple as presented in Ann Petry's novel, The Narrows. ... Another way she proves this point is by showing how their town yearns for a break in traditional same-race marriages through dichromatic descriptions of the town in contrast to monochromatic descriptions of Abbie. ... Petry purposely writes of it poetically to heighten it to our typical sensations of what love means to us. The repetition in the three lines phrased slightly differently each time streng...

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"She'll never have kids again, there was to much danger and damage done the nightmares are getting worse, In this quote it is evident to the readers of how effective and terrible the actions of the two men had on the little girl. ... Brigance secretary was in danger this is evident in the following quote, " Mr. ... This is evident in the following quote, "Some whites would admire you, but most would want to see you hang. ... People see Car Lee as a hero shown in the following quote, " They gonna make this nigger a hero"pg 97 Meaning that killing two murders was a g...

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Prejudice towards children is something that happens in school, our homes, and in all other places. ... We should try our part to get rid of it because to do so would make us all better people. ... A good majority of the town suddenly dislikes Atticus because he did what he knew what was right, but contradicted the social laws of the time. One racial quote in the book comes from Mrs. ... These parties, however, are just an excuse to gossip about town's people or an event in Maycomb. ...

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Set in a small southern town in the 1960s, Carl Lee Hailie (Samuel L Jackson) awaits trial for murdering the two rednecks who viciously raped his 10-year-old daughter Tanya (Raeven Kelly). A young, idealistic lawyer Jake Brigantz (Matthew McConauhey) takes up Carl Lee's defense, and the case becomes a firestorm of racism and controversy, ripping the town apart. ... The feelings of the fairness of the trial towards Carl Lee because of his race (quoted by Joe Seneca, A Time To Kill, 1996, "Carl Lee Hailey is on trial because he is black, no other reason.") are enhanced by the way Joel Sc...

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With the racial divide in our country widening in loom of current events between what seems to be a matter of blacks against whites, it leaves me asking myself if we are all human, what is it that makes us see each other as different, or unequal? ... That tendency, along with the nature of news and media, which determines much of how people view situations, keeps racism a prevailing factor in our Country. ... (freedomoutpost.com) Take Reverend Al Sharpton for example, perhaps the most prominent black voice for the people only second to our Commander in Chief. ... Al Sharpton has been notorio...

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"Near six o"clock on the evening of January 31, 1919, Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born somewhere near the town of Cairo in Grady County in southern Georgia" (Rampersad 10). ... A quote by Red Smith best sums up the character of Jackie Robinson. ... Race will not just be a huge factor in sports, but in every aspect of our society. ... Are our beliefs in twenty-first century America still so archaic that we cannot hire a person with a skin tone other than white or someone other than European descent to coach our professional and collegiate sports teams? ...

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There are acts that are so discreet that you almost don't catch them, but along with those, there are blatant acts of bigotry that would never occur in our time. ... This particular quote shows how far ahead Atticus was at this time. ... Most of the blacks live in the bad part of town, or the "slums." ...

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Well's father was also a race man in Mississippi who refused to be intimidated by the politics of his town. ... (1-21, w&w) CHAPTER 2 The first line in the poem ("you may write me down in history / with your bitter, twisted lies") refers to the way that attitudes towards African-Americans have been embedded within our nation's history. ...

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