Atticus tells Scout, "I'm simply defending a Negro-his name's Tom Robinson" (chapter 9, p. 75). With these words, Atticus informs Scout of his life-altering task of standing up to the prejudice and racism that pervades the sleepy southern town that was Maycomb, Alabama in the 1930s. Discuss the effects of racism on Maycomb citizens such as Tom and Helen Robinson, Calpurnia, Scout, Jem, Dill, or Mayella Ewell.