"Your father is no better than the n****r's that he works for!"
This was said by Mrs. Dubose while Scout and Jem were walking by her house, And I thought that this represented the history of oppression since this shows that people use to think that it was a disgrace to work and defend for black people, and back in the day this was the case, that people would sometimes be attacked or even killed for defending a black person in a case.
This is also related to history because back in small towns in southern states like Alabama, where they use to rely a lot on slaves, racial oppression was a big problem after the civil war up to the 1960's. Also, one of the many reasons why the civil rights movement occurred, was because of lawful inequality towards black people. during the time, a white man could murder a black man and get a way with it, but if a black person ever stole from a white person, they could possibly be killed for it.
Some of these issues have happened in the pass and are still happening today, like police brutality, or countries being prejudice towards certain races or religion, such as India.
I like how you used history to back up your point. But the history of oppression is not exclusively to black people during Jim Crow times. Though it's still sad to say that these things you mentioned are still happening today.
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