To Kill a Mockingbird

why does mr gilmer angrily question robinson you felt sorry for her, you felt sorry for her?

why does mr gilmer question robinson you felt sorry for her, you felt sorry for her?

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Part of white American prejudice in the South was that a black man did not have the right to feel sorry for a white girl or woman. Many whites felt that white women were not only better than black men, but that the two were even forbidden to be thought of in a similar context.

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