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- 1. Open EndedI called this meeting tonight as the safety of your county has been a concern lately. Since the rape trial of Tom Robinson, Bob Ewell fell on his knife - he killed himself and there's a black man dead for no reason.
- 2. Open EndedIn the span of a few days our little southern town has experienced something that no town should. We have experienced insecurity. This feeling of being unsafe that you are feeling right now, is caused by our lack of morals.
- 3. Open EndedMorals are something that should guide you when making decisions. They are the principles between right and wrong, and until we lose our corrupt 'public morals' and actually have just morals, your town will not be safe.
- 4. Open EndedFrom an early age, we tell our children that a white man's voice is more important than the voice of a black man. Yet we are also trying to teach them to love thy neighbour. Now I might not be the smartest man in this room but don't those two things contradict each other?
- 5. Open EndedThese things you call 'morals,' that you're teaching your children, will stay with them throughout their whole lives. If you teach your children immoral beliefs, when they're young, they will grow up believing that a white man word has more value to it than a black mans. The Bible teaches us that we are ALL gods children and that he loves us all, yet we treat half of his children like dirt. That is not right.
- 6. Open EndedIt is not right that a young black boy cannot talk to or play with a young white boy, just because of the colour of his skin. It is not right that the black boy down the road does not have the same opportunity of education as your boy.
- 7. Open EndedIt is not right that you sentence an innocent man to jail, where he is later shot dead just because he is black. You are so blinded by that one tiny difference that you can't see our many similarities.
- 8. Open EndedIf a court room is the one place a man should feel equal and safe, the one place that justice is meant to be fulfilled, then, how come Tom, an innocent man, feared his life would be taken? Why did he fear he would be discriminated against because he was black?
- 9. Open EndedHe felt like this because of the men in this room. We all killed Tom Robinson. Even though you didn't hold the gun. Even though you didn't pull the trigger. We killed him. We killed him because we are blinded with prejudice. These prejudices we all hold make it impossible for us believe a black man could be innocent.
- 10. Open EndedIt makes it impossible for us to think that maybe, just maybe he was telling the truth. Well the facts were there. But we still found him guilty. Because he was black. Tell me, could you imagine going to jail, because you are white?
- 11. Open EndedNo, because we believe we are better than those who are black. We believe that because we are white, we have the right to discriminate against those who are black. We as a town, together, must change. We as a town, must leave our selfish white pride behind.
- 12. Open EndedWe as a town must become more accepting, we need to become more moral. If we don't make this change, together, as a town, I don't see our town ever being safe again. Our little Maycomb may be a small town but I, myself, cannot keep you and your children safe unless you help me. Unless we together make this moral change.
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