“I said, ‘Sophy,’ I said, “you simply are not being a Christian today. Jesus Christ never went around grumbling and complaining.”
– Harper Lee
To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 24. Mrs. Merriweather of her black maid Sophy. She is complaining that Maycomb’s black community has been grumbling since the outcome of the Tom Robinson trial. Mrs. Merriweather may be devoutly religious but she has little regard for the feelings and rights of Maycomb’s black community.