No one can escape it, whether your skin is black, white, or somewhere in the middle. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, racism is brought up and discussed through metaphors and through the actions of its characters. During the 1930s, in Maycomb, Alabama, where the novel takes place, many examples of racism are displayed and dealt with. Racism is exhibited throughout To Kill A Mockingbird such as when Calpurnia's influence is not enough, when Tom Robinson goes on a hopeless trial, and when the two children get their own dose of racism at a Negro church.
             Calpurnia has raised the children quite well in their few years. Aunt Alexandra is a proper woman who feels that every child should have a proper feminine influence. The two children do need a strong female influence, and truthfully already have one, but Aunt Alexandra deems Calpurnia's influence as inadequate. Aunt Alexandra moves in with the family to become the suitable female parent, but only through her eyes. Calpurnia has done a wonderful job with the children, and Aunt Alexandra cannot accept that fact because Calpurnia is black. Calpurnia is a Negro, and thus is below Aunt Alexandra, a prim and proper white woman, and it is thus hard for Aunt Alexandra to believe that Calpurnia can do something right. Calpurnia could have raised the most properly mannered children in the world, and it would mean nothing to Aunt Alexandra, because no matter how perfect Calpurnia does something, it will never be good enough. Calpurnia does not necessarily suffer through this, but many blacks under the pressure of racism do.
             The case of a lifetime was black and white in more ways than one. Tom Robinson, a black man, was accused of raping MayElla Ewell, a white woman. The race issue in this case was so apparent that without question, or doubt Tom Robinson was charged and arrested. MayElla was injured, and a black man is automatically convicted. This particular case ended
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