The first reason the board thought the book should be banned is the books use of uncomfortable language. Although using racial slurs to identify the black characters in the book is not the most appropriate, Lee uses these slurs to better match the conversation of the time period in which the book is set. It is used to show how blacks were treated differently and seen as inferior by their white counterparts. For example, when at the Robinson v Ewell court case Mr.Ewell, a poor white man, says to those in the courtroom,“‘I seen that black nigger yonder ruttin’ on my Mayella’”(Lee 84). Lee uses this language to show that even a White trash man such as Mr.Ewell sees himself far more superior than a low-class black man. Using this type of language