Reading Response #2

“When I joined them, as usual they said go away… Dill and Jem emerged from a brief huddle: ‘If you stay you’ve got to do what we tell you,’ Dill warned… I said ‘who’s so high and mighty all of a sudden?’”(Lee 51). 

The type of discrimination is individual. What was happening was Jem and Dill were talking about a way that they could see Boo Radley through the windows of the Radley house. Jem and Dill were purposefully talking about this in a huddle without Scout, just as they had been doing lately. They’ve been excluding Scout probably because one she’s a girl and two because they are getting older and doing more reckless things that Scout would not approve of and probably would tell Atticus about. I think the main conflict here is the misunderstanding of everyone and their differences and nobody is willing to accept them nore are they willing to see things from other people's eyes. This hasn’t changed my view much but it has widened it because in this situation there is more of a discriminatory aspect to it, more malicious than the Walter Cunningham situation because Walter wasn’t being excluded or very discriminated, just different from the rest where Jem and Dill were purposefully excluding Scout either because of her age, sex, or because she might tell Atticus about what they are doing. Scout definitely seems impacted the most, but that could be just because the story is told from her eyes.

“‘Jem, I ain’t ever heard of a nigger snowman,’” (Lee 68)

This kind of discrimination is cultural because of the prejudices based on cultural differences. Jem and Scout are building a snowman but there isn’t much snow so Jem builds the base up with dirt, it doesn’t look the way Scout expects so she says the above quote not understanding why something is different. The conflict is seeing the ingrained racism in Scout without seemingly realizing it.

“‘You’ve ruined ‘em,’ said Jem. ‘Why don't you get a colored man?’”I (83 lee)
This quote shows a type of individual discrimination as he states that someone of color should do it. Jem and scout were working for miss maude for a long period causing them to be worn out. This shows that jem is quite unforgiving when it comes to responsibility, showing this behavior to scout may result in dishonesty from jem leaving scout to do things that are not meant to be done.

“However, the usual crew had flunked the first grade again, and were helpful in keeping order.”(77 Harper)

This quote shows individual discrimination, as the usual crew is the Ewell family who are known as dumb brutes that no one wants to be near. one of them might be a terrible person, showing why people would hate them

Discrimination is shown in chapter 6 when Jem and Dill went off trying to get just a glimpse of Boo Radley through a loose blind. Then Jem goes “Scout, I'm tellin you for the last time, shut your trap or go home--I declare to the lord you’re gettin more like a girl everyday!” (Lee 58) The type of discrimination shown is direct discrimination because Jem is saying that scout because she's a girl can't do the same things that they can so they told her to shut her trap and go home. The conflict is that Jem wants to do things with them and Scout and others think that because she is a girl that she can't do the same things that they can so they exclude her. This most impacts Jem because she's being excluded because she's a girl. 

"'Tree's dying. You plug 'em with cement when they're sick. You ought to know that, Jem"'(Lee 70).

Jem and Scout was finding many different objects in a hole of a tree next to Boo Radley's house. One day they find out that hole was filled up, Mr Radley said the tree was dying but it is known the tree is fine so why is he filling the whole up? Mr Radley doesn't was Boo Bradley to communicate with anyone. This is a case of Individual Discrimination because forcing someone to stop talking to someone else is discrimination toward someone else. Saying the tree is dying is just an excuse to try to make them believe him in that's the right thing to do.

“Scout, I’m tellin’ you for the last time shut your trap or go home---I declare to the Lord you're gettin’ more like a girl every day!” (Lee 58) This quote shows individual discrimination towards Scout. Dill and Jem were going to look into the Radley house at night to try to get a look at the inside and Scout was trying to tell them that it was a bad idea. Dill and Jem often call Scout a girl as an insult and Scout doesn't want to be called a girl. 

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view—” “Sir?” “—until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”(Lee 38) In this quote Scout comes back from school and asks Atticus why her teacher did not act the way she thought she would act. This quote shows cultural discrimination because half of the class was black the teacher didn't know how to act like they impacted her. This quote impacts my understanding because why did the teacher not act herself when there were black people in her classroom. I think the conflict is the teacher be racist towards the kids and is scared to show herself. I think this is going to impact Scout because she's not going to be able to learn to the best of her ability because she sees what's wrong with her teacher unlike her classmates. 

“‘Jem, I ain’t ever heard of a nigger snowman,’” (Lee 89)  

Jem and Scout were building a snowman for the very first time when Jem scooped up some dirt and made a new torso with it. This shows some of the cultural discrimination Scout has within her. Nobody ever thought that a snowman would be white so the suggestion of a black snowman seems wrong to scout. Scout also uses a word that has been used to discriminate against black people for decades.

“... an’ next time he won’t aim high, be it dog, nigger, or Jem Finch!” ( Lee 72). 

At this monment, a lady that witnessed Nathan Radley shoot in the air scaring away Scout Dill and Jem who were messing around. The lady was just repeating what Mr. Radley had yelled out after shooting his shotgun. What Mr. Nathan Radley said was individual discrimination for a couple reasons. He used language that shouldn’t be used and he also basically said that Jem, black people, and dogs are all equal in his mind and if he sees them again he’ll shoot any of them and will actually try to shoot them. The conflict in the story is that people in this time are full of discriminating many different groups or cultures not just one. 

“Mr. Avery said it was written on the Rosetta Stone that when children disobeyed their parents, smoked cigarettes and made war on each other, the seasons would change: Jem and I were burdened with the guilt of contributing to the aberrations of nature, thereby causing unhappiness to our neighbors and discomfort to ourselves.” (72 Lee) 

Summary~ This is a quote from a part of the book when Scout is talking about what Mr. Avery their towns grump told them. Scout wanted to keep an eye out for him and that's what he told her.

Types of Discrimination~

Minimize/Deny/Blame,IndividualDiscrimination,Emotional/Psychological Abuse, and Cultural Discrimination

Explanation~ it is to blame to make her feel guilty if she ever did any of these things. It’s emotional due to again trying to make her feel the guilt of making her neighbors unhappy. Individual because he was specifically talking to her and finally Cultural because of the type of person Scout is because of her tomboyish manners he says this to make her feel guilty.

“Scout, I’m tellin’ you for the last time, shut your trap or go home--I declare to the Lord you’re gettin’ more like a girl every day!” (Lee 58). 

The three of them used to be best friends but because Jem and Dill got closer, they started to drift away from Scout. Dill wanted to go for a walk and tried to subtly tell Scout not to come, but she invited herself anyway. They ended up going to try and see Boo Radly. When Scout shared her opinions, Jem shut up and told her that she’s starting to act “more like a girl” just because she doesn’t do the things Jem and Dill do now. This seems like internalized discrimination because Jem is stereotyping Scout based upon the fact that she’s a girl. This impacts Scout and other females as a whole because not every girl is stereotypically “girly”. The conflict is between the boys and Scout because they are trying to push her away, while she’s trying to include herself. 

“Scared him pale, though.” (lee 61) 

This is an example of racial discrimination because he’s talking about how a black man got shot at and it scared him pale. This black man was in Mr. Radleys field so he shot at him. The conflict starts turning into more racial things. At this point and time in the US there was already lots of racial tension but the stress of the great depression could make it even worse.

“He looks like Miss Stephanie with her hands on her hips,- fat in the middle and little bitty arms.” (Lee 75) 

“Mr. Avery’s sort of shaped like a snowman aint he?” (Lee 76)

Jem and Scout build a snowman when the first snowfall in a long time arrives, they make some racist remarks but also many remarks against certain people who are overweight. Until Atticus forces them to change it, Jem and Scout made it into a mockery of Mr. Avery because he is fat. From their actions it gives off the impression onto the reader that Jem and Scout do not like people who are fat, their charecter doesn't neccessarily matter to Jem and Scout if they are fat. This is individual discrimination, they think it is fun and games to make a mockery of Mr. Avery because he is fat but Atticus tells them they need to change it because Mr. Avery will not find it as funny as they do. This helps me to understand that Jem and Scout are kids who are only used to people like them and any difference they are very judgemental about and think differently upon, even if it is not warranted. Meanwhile Atticus tries to get them to understand other people can be like them more than they know.