Are Atticus, Jem and Scout black people?

,andare most
certainly white, but they represent the individuals closest to the boundary between the black
and white communities in Maycomb (except perhaps Dolphus Raymond). Atticus is content to defend
any man against injustice and accepts his cases on need and merit, not colour. He extols his
egalitarian values to his children, Jem and Scout, and strives to teach them to consider each
individual in terms of character rather than colour. It would be interesting to consider how
different the story would be if these mainwere indeed black. Of course Atticus would not be a
recognised legal representative, and the children's perceptions on the ways of society at the
time may be tinged with more fear and trepidation than the real Scout and Jem
show.