Black people during the time period of To Kill a Mockingbird are very often seen as a minority, and people who don't matter at all are somehow treated like animals. The way they are used as slaves and have a different section for almost everything you can think of (table, courthouse, etc.) is just absurd. There is no respect for them in To Kill a Mockingbird, and no one takes a minute to put themselves in their shoes and realize that they are human just like any white person. Black people were so frowned upon at that time that “once you have a drop of black blood, it makes you all black.” (Lee, ?) From what is said here, one can infer that being black is something one would never want to be, and even being associated with them would destroy one's status in society. An obvious way to look down on niggers, unlike how Aunt Alexandra treats and refers to them. She becomes angry with Atticus because "he has become a lover of niggers [and] we will never be able to walk the streets of Maycomb again." He ruins the family, that's what he does." (Lee, ?) When she talks about Calpurnia, as well as her feelings for her, she is very incomprehensible and unpleasant towards her.