Racism is a dilemma in our society today. In the old days, during the Great Depression,. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee racism is shown through the church of Calpurnia, the case of Tom Robinson and Helen Robinson. Jem and Scout, the main characters of the book, were entrusted to their father Atticus Finch to go to church on their own. . Calpurnia, the Finches' cook, brought them with her to church so they know they will behave. On the way to Calpurnia Church, they met a black woman named Lula. Lula was not happy to see white children going to church; and stated, “I want to know why you bring white chilluns into a nigger church.” (158) African Americans never received respect from whites, and Lula felt unfortunate because of this cataclysm. What Lula is doing is giving Jem and Scout the same respect that the white people gave her. Lula shows the nagging feeling she felt repeatedly when she saw children in church: "You have nothing to do with the white kids here - they have their own church, we ...