MAYCOMB COUNTY
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Maycomb Tribune
Your source for all of Maycomb’s news.!Issue #784
Dolphus Raymond
Tom Robinson’s Unfair Trial
With the recent trial of Tom Robinson fresh in all of
our minds, I feel that now is a better time than ever to
address an ongoing problem in Maycomb County and the world.
This problem is racism, and the worst part of all is that
racism is not actually considered to be a problem at all.
In the society we live in, racism is not only normal, but
embraced, when essentially the idea behind racism is just
pure hatred because of people being different. I find it
quite languishing that we as a society look at racism as a
normal kind of behavior, and always show it in a positive
light. You reading this may wonder how I know this to be
true. I know it be true because I live among those who are
looked down upon. I know this to be true because the only
way that you would look at me and see me as sane for the
lifestyle choices I make, is for me to put on the façade of
an alcoholic. I know this to be true because of the way I
chose to live my life, I was cast away as a less than human
piece of trash.
When I look at a person, I do not even see their
appearance. Most of us look at person and see their
appearance. I look, and see the quality of the kind of
person they are, and the quality of said person’s
character. To me, looking at a bland person is similar to
looking upon an invisible person. Unfortunately for poor
old Tom, the majority of his jury only would look at his
