To Kill a Mockingbird: Essay on Racism

Racism is defined by Webster's Dictionary as "a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race." Millions of Black Americans were mistreated and were not given equal rights for a few hundred years, which did not end when slavery was abolished, but when the Civil Rights Act was passed by Congress in 1964. From the time when slaves were brought here, up until the Civil Rights Act, black people have been subjected to severe prejudice which caused several of them to go to jail or kill…