Whether it’s true or fictional, literature often reflects issues in our society. Whether it’s social justice or The Great Depression, literature highlights the issue and uses it to strengthen the richness of the story. Furthermore, the problem of racism and discrimination becomes a theme of many novels. Various American Literature works and documentaries such as To Kill A Mockingbird, A Raisin In The Sun and American Denial exhibit that the oppression of African Americans in the US requires their cooperation as well. For instance, the documentary American Denial by Vital Pictures brings up a very debatable and crucial question: Does the oppression of Blacks require their cooperation as well? The question was brought up in the beginning of the documentary so it could be thought about throughout it.…show more content… While Atticus takes a trip to the legislature, Calpurnia—their black maid—takes Scout and Jem to her black church. When they arrive, Scout and Jem are greeted by mixed reactions. One lady named Lula was very cold to them and said this: “Lula stopped, but she said, ‘You ain’t got no business bringin’ white chillun here—they got their church, we got our’n. It is our church, ain’t it, Miss Cal?’”(Lee, 158). Lula was treating Scout and Jem the way a white person would have treated a black person at their own church. The way Lula treated them goes back to the phrase: treat people how you want to be treated. Even if Lula is oppressed by whites, she won’t solve anything by being mean to white children, which is hypocritical. This event in TKAM shows an African American contributing to her own oppression in a sense that she isn’t treating others the way she wants to be treated. This only contributes to their
