In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, what are some examples of Atticus Finch being anti-prejudice?

There are several examples of Atticus Finch displaying his anti-prejudiced beliefs throughout the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. In Chapter 11, Scout asks her father what a "nigger-lover" is. Atticus tells his daughter that it is a derogatory term that really has no meaning. He says that trashy people use it when they think somebody is favoring Negroes over them. Scout then asks her father if he is a nigger-lover. Atticus says,

"I certainly am. I do my best to love everybody...I'm hard put, sometimes—baby, it's never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn't hurt you. So don't let Mrs. Dubose get you down. She has enough troubles of her own" (Lee 145).

Atticus is explaining to Scout that being prejudiced and using racial slurs says more about the person using the term than it does about the person it is directed towards. He tells his daughter that a person using those derogatory remarks is "poor," which portrays his anti-prejudiced feelings.

In Chapter 23, Atticus is having a discussion with his son about why the prejudiced jury convicted an innocent man. Atticus tells his son that racism is an ugly fact of life and that the one place where a man should get a square deal is the courtroom. Atticus says,

"As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don't you forget it—whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, that white man is trash" (Lee 295).

Atticus' comments depict his anti-prejudiced feelings. He believes that a man is trash if he treats a black person unfairly, regardless of the man's background and social status.