Mixed Child
`They don't belong anywhere. Coloured folks won't have 'em because they're half white; white folks won't have 'em 'cause they're coloured, so they're just in-betweens, don't belong anywhere. But Mr Dolphus, now, they say he's shipped two of his up north. They don't mind 'em up north. Yonder's one of 'em.'
When Scout asks Jem what a mixed child is, Jem explains a mixed child is half white and half coloured people. Jem says they are real sad, because they don't belong anywhere, just in-between. Racial injustice is a major theme of To Kill a Mockingbird. It comes in an open and subtle manner. The racism in Maycomb takes mainly the form of having white people against black people, but 'mixed race' people experienced racism as well. There are a lot of rascist people in Maycomb because they think of Negroes as an inferior race and are often less reliable and trustworthy. Speech and actions are the most common forms of racism, however the layout of the town is of racial discrimination as well.
The racism that Jem describes actually goes beyond skin color. After Jem explain to Scout about a mixed child, Scout and Dill sees that one of the mixed-race Raymond children looks no different to a all-black child. They ask how Jem could tell who he is, and Jem answer them that 'you just hafta know who they are.' Then Jem says, '...around here once you have a drop of Negro blood, that makes you all black.'
The idea of rascism here is that if a person has someone of Negro ancestry, that person is condemned to live the life of a 'mixed child', belonging nowhere.
Jem also tells that the racism and strict divisions along colour lines are lessening in other areas beyond the South, where he live. In the South at the time of the novel, mixed race children were not accepted.
'...But Mr Dolphus, now, they say he's shipped two of his up north. They don't mind 'em up north.'
When Scout asks Jem what a mixed child is, Jem explains a mixed child is half white and half coloured people. Jem says they are real sad, because they don't belong anywhere, just in-between. Racial injustice is a major theme of To Kill a Mockingbird. It comes in an open and subtle manner. The racism in Maycomb takes mainly the form of having white people against black people, but 'mixed race' people experienced racism as well. There are a lot of rascist people in Maycomb because they think of Negroes as an inferior race and are often less reliable and trustworthy. Speech and actions are the most common forms of racism, however the layout of the town is of racial discrimination as well.
The racism that Jem describes actually goes beyond skin color. After Jem explain to Scout about a mixed child, Scout and Dill sees that one of the mixed-race Raymond children looks no different to a all-black child. They ask how Jem could tell who he is, and Jem answer them that 'you just hafta know who they are.' Then Jem says, '...around here once you have a drop of Negro blood, that makes you all black.'
The idea of rascism here is that if a person has someone of Negro ancestry, that person is condemned to live the life of a 'mixed child', belonging nowhere.
Jem also tells that the racism and strict divisions along colour lines are lessening in other areas beyond the South, where he live. In the South at the time of the novel, mixed race children were not accepted.
'...But Mr Dolphus, now, they say he's shipped two of his up north. They don't mind 'em up north.'