Question

Read the sentence below and answer the question.

“As you grow older, you’ll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don’t you forget it—whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, that white man is trash.”
What is Atticus claiming makes a white person trash?
a)growing up in poverty
b)taking advantage of black persons
c)their manners
d)being a descendent of a morally suspect family

Answer 1

It's not letter B 'because of slavery' it's letter B because Atticus is explaining that in no circumstance is white men take advantage of a black person okay

Answer 2

Answer: b) taking advantage of black persons.

In this excerpt, Atticus is trying to prepare Jem and Scout for the racism that they will witness as they grow up. However, he does not want them to become racists themselves. Therefore, Atticus tells them that they will start to notice that white people take advantage of black people all the time. However, he thinks the people who do so are trash. The thing that makes these white people trash is the fact that they take advantage of black people.