I'm not completely sure that Scout totally understood the
racist attitudes that pervaded Maycomb. At one point, when Dill is crying after Mr.
Gilmer's harsh cross-examination of Tom Robinson, Scout tells
him,
"Well,
Dill, after all he's just a
Negro."
Jem seems to grasp
the injustice that has befallen Tom much more than his sister. Nevertheless, there are
several examples of Scout's sensitivity toward the black man. During her meeting with
Dolphus Raymond, she tells him that
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"Atticus says cheatin' a colored man is ten
times worse than cheatin' a white man," I muttered. "Says it's the worst thing you can
do." (Chapter
20)
During her
visit to Calpurnia's church, Scout gets to see a different side of Maycomb. Lula, a
large black woman, questions Cal about the Finch children's presence, telling her that
the white children did not belong there.
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Jem said, "Let's go home, Cal. They don't want us
here--"
I agreed: they did not want us here. (Chapter
12)
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