This image represents all of the racism in Maycomb. The yellow gummy bear represents Tom Robinson, and the red gummy bear represents the townsfolk. The red gummy bears are gossiping, much like the town had been for ages before the trial actually began, but what did they really know? The yellow gummy bear didn’t do anything. Oh, but no, that doesn’t matter… he’s different. They dislike him just because he’s a different color… The Ewells, who never really even do anything, are more believable than somebody who’s helped Mayella Ewell many times without taking a cent? Oh, but throw in the fact he’s colored and everything changes. It’s sad, really.
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Great picture, I believe this does represent Tom Robinson and the white people being racist towards him. I do not think they are gossiping thought, they are not keeping it to themselves they are actually saying it to his face. People just take advantage of nice people like Tom. Your right Tom cannot do anything about it, in that type of society it is about majority rules. The white people in that time period had all the power and the African American’s had no say in it. That is not right everyone should be equal. If they included everyone, they would have known that Tom did not do anything wrong. If everyone was included there would be yellow gummy bears and red gummy bears together. They could be fair and equal and create a society where everyone is basically happy. Racisms is corrupting people’s better judgment of people, which is something that needs to be stopped in Maycomb.