There are four distinct social classes in Maycomb. The first are regular Maycomb neighbors like the Finches. Then there are the hard-working Cunninghams, who make the best of what they have. After the Cunninghams are the Ewells, who Atticus describes as Maycomb's bane for three generations. Finally there is the black class, who live in a shantytown near Maycomb. Aunt Alexandra forbids Scout from playing with Walter Cunningham, a poor boy who attends school with Scout. He sees them as too poor to associate with people like Scout and Jem. Aunt Alexandra states that “…they are good people. But not our kind of people” (224). Although disrespectful and vain, the Ewells are still mistreated. The Ewell children are expected to go to school only one day a year. Burris Ewell is designed as a troublemaker before he even causes a problem. He turns out to be a terrible child, but he never had the chance to prove otherwise. Far worse than the Ewells, Maycomb's black population was persecuted