It is statistically proven that African Americans are seven times more likely to be falsely convicted of crimes they didn't do than white Americans. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird follows a young girl who goes by Scout as she begins to learn about the injustices in her town. Scout learns that sometimes the world is biased towards those who are different from the rest. In Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, she argues that prejudice behavior can lead to innocent people being harmed or shunned and displays this through Dolphus Raymond's family and Tom Robinson's case.
Dolphus Raymond is a character in the story who is known for having a biracial family. However, having a biracial family can be difficult as "colored