What are the unwritten rules about race that Mr. Gilmer attempts to get Tom to break? Does he succeed? What parts of Tom’s testimony would have offended jurors who supported the laws and customs of segregated society? When Mr. Gilmer asks Tom if he ran

Gilmer wants Tom to admit that he felt sorry for a white girl. This is an unwritten rule. Black men were not supposed to feel anything about white girls.

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Atticus states, “We all know that all men are not created equal in the sense that
some people would have us believe.” What does he mean? Where are all men
created equal and where are they not, according to Atticus? What do you think?