Answer: In chapter 26, Scout's third-grade teacher, Miss Gates, reveals her hypocritical nature and ignorance during a Current Events activity by telling the class that there is no such thing as prejudice in America. Scout immediately recognizes Miss Gates's incorrect assertion because she understands that black people are discriminated against every day and suffer from racial prejudice in her hometown of Maycomb, Alabama. Later that night, Scout attempts to discuss Miss Gates's hypocrisy with her brother and tells Jem that she overheard her teacher making racist comments while leaving the courthouse following the Tom Robinson trial. Scout tells Jem, "she [Miss Gates] was talking with Miss Stephanie Crawford. I heard her say it’s time somebody taught ’em a lesson, they were gettin‘ way above themselves, an’ the next thing they think they can do is marry us."
Explanation: Miss Gates also said, “That’s the difference between America We are a democracy prejudiced.”
