How Does Gladwell Show Sexism In To Kill A Mockingbird

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In both “Revisionist” podcast Malcolm Gladwell makes the statement “Jordan knows he doesn’t have the same freedom that an Atticus Finch has. Finch is free to say whatever he wants to the jury; that’s the privilege of his race and position, but Jordan is powerless. “ (Gladwell) This is a biased statement, showing white lawyers having an advantage. Jordan would not be able to say half the stuff Atticus says. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird, Atticus implies sexism while defending racism “Look, you can act as White people and enforce your power against Black people or you can act as men and enforce the power of your gender against women.” (Lee) Atticus was allowed to say this, with no backlash. But if a colored man, dared to say anything