To Kill a Mockingbird

How does Atticus respond when Scout repeats the racist language she heard at school?

How does Atticus respond when Scout repeats the racist language she heard at school?

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“Do you defend niggers, Atticus?” I asked him that evening.
“Of course I do. Don’t say nigger, Scout. That’s common.”
“‘s what everybody at school says.”
“From now on it’ll be everybody less one—”

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To Kill a Mockingbird