Tom Robinson was a black man who being accused of raping Mayella Ewell. Tom Robinson was declared guilty of raping Mayella Ewell, When it was probably Bob Ewell, her father.
Mayella was probably too scared to say the truth of who actually raped her because her own father might have warned her if she said anything of what was really going on, he would do something bad to her. Bob Ewell was trying to cover up himself because he was the one who abused her since he always got drunk and he told her what to do since her mom wasn't there with her. Mayella Ewell did a lot for her father, she fed him, cleaned after him and much more, but her father still saw her as less because she was a woman and that's what she was supposed to do as her being a woman, which is what I disagree with.
And of course they believed Bob Ewell because he was a white men and Tom Robinson was a black men and they saw him as less too and treated him really unfair.
What was wrong with this is that the trial was ruled by white men so most of them were going to go against the black man. The was Mayella was treated by her father was wrong, he was suppose to care for her like how she took care of him. Also how Mayella didn't tell the truth and the way Tom Robinson was treated.
What should've happened is, Mayella should've said the truth.
There's many cases like right now this where black people are still treated less and the different genders aren't treated the same. There's lots cases where black men are shot/ killed by police officers and most of the black men that are shot aren't carrying any weapon with them.
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/neuroscience-behind-why-white-cops-kill-black-men
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