The way we treat non-dominant groups have made small changes throughout history but mainly, they are still the same. They have always been treated as less or seen as less because of the color of their skin. They are seen as different because of the way they look or act or even dress. There is a change being shown, in the book a black man is going to trial but loses most likely from the color of his skin, the Youngers are not welcome to an all-white community and even offered money to move somewhere solely based on the color of their skin. Now there is a difference in how people of color are treated in court, they aren't exactly right but a big change has been made, people of color can live where ever they want and are allowed to be who they want. We still have changes to make but there is still change.
I think that in the books, it showed change but you need to really look for it to find it. In To Kill a Mockingbird which takes place in the 1930s, when racial tensions were high, Atticus defends Tom Robinson in court. Tom Robinson is a black man who is accused of rape, and although Atticus knew he would fail, he tried his hardest to defend him. The one thing during the whole court scene that stood out as a step in the right direction was the fact that the jury took a long time to decide whether Tom was guilty or not. In A Raisin in the Sun, which takes place in the 1950's, Mama decides to buy a house in a white neighborhood. Karl Lindner shows up at the doorstep and asks to buy the house from them at above price than what they payed just so they wouldn't live there. This might seem very discriminatory, which it is, but instead of straight-up kicking them out of the neighborhood they offer to buy the house and sit down and talk with the Youngers, which is better than bombing them, which happened to another family in the book.
I believe that discrimination stays similar in both To Kill a Mockingbird and A Raisin in the Sun. All of the characters in each novel are affected by discrimination but in different ways. In A Raisin in the Sun, the Youngers face cultural discrimination for the duration of the text. In To Kill a Mockingbird, there is lots of cultural discrimination surrounding Tom Robinson and the trial. We see that it is cultural discrimination when Mr Ewell spits in Atticus' face because he defends a colored man. At large, discrimination is still similar in the US today. However, more people recognize those groups that are non-dominant. There has been a change but there is definitely still work that needs to be done.
I think it stayed the same through both books. In Raisin in the Sun there is a black family who lives in a small apartment and they are trying to get out of the apartment, they receive a check for a large sum of money and they put a down payment on a better house in a white neighborhood. People in the neighborhood don't want them there and are willing to pay them to go elsewhere but they chose what's best for their family and moved in anyways even if they are worse off financially after. To Kill a Mockingbird there was the family of the Finches who are affected by a controversial court case. Atticus a lawyer has a case to defend a black man against a white man accusing the black man of raping his daughter. Because of this court case the family was affected by the town's strong opinion in opposing Atticus actually defending the man. So I think both of these stories are similar in the way of them being families that just want the best for their families and are being affected by the communities around them.
I definitely don't think non-dominant groups are treated how they used to like back in the books we read but i do still think there treated lesser then say if you were white but if your an African American its not like there going to refuse to sell you something or support you with housing like in the old days now its different its changed a lot and i think society has come a long way but they still have a distance to go.
Non- dominant groups have always been targeted in history because they are seen as less of a person because of their culture, skin color, and lifestyle. In To Kill A Mockingbird Atticus's family is experiencing Cultural discrimination because Atticus defended a black man in court. In Raisin In The Sun an African American family is trying to move to a white neighborhood experiencing institutional discrimination because that's how everything worked then. Because segregation was placed by the government. These things aren't happening as often but discrimination towards non-dominant groups is still very prevalent.
The way that the non-dominant groups are targeted throughout history I feel is pretty much the same with few changes. In, To Kill A Mockingbird and A Raisin in the Sun they both show cultural discrimination in their own ways but it still shows the same treatment that non-dominant groups have been getting. With TKM it's shown when Atticus is helping an African American and people treating him and his family unfairly because of it, in RITS it is demonstrated when they want to move to a new community.
