They also see his mixed children, where Jem makes a comment. So Harper Lee lets the reader see another aspect of discrimination against blacks of the whites and prejudice against whites of the blacks, "They don 't belong anywhere. Coloured folks won 't have 'em because they 're half white; white folks won 't have 'em 'cause they 're coloured."(167) Jem says the "mixed children" are lonely and miserable because they truly don 't belong anywhere. Having one white parent and one colored parent disables them from fitting in with either group because they 're half of the other color. The colored kids don 't want anything to do with them. When they try and play with the white children they don 't accept them because they 're partially colored. So, they are taught not to have anything to do with colored people. To stand up to these kids takes a lot of courage. Anywhere these mixed children go they get called harsh names and are put down to the lowest
They also see his mixed children, where Jem makes a comment. So Harper Lee lets the reader see another aspect of discrimination against blacks of the whites and prejudice against whites of the blacks, "They don 't belong anywhere. Coloured folks won 't have 'em because they 're half white; white folks won 't have 'em 'cause they 're coloured."(167) Jem says the "mixed children" are lonely and miserable because they truly don 't belong anywhere. Having one white parent and one colored parent disables them from fitting in with either group because they 're half of the other color. The colored kids don 't want anything to do with them. When they try and play with the white children they don 't accept them because they 're partially colored. So, they are taught not to have anything to do with colored people. To stand up to these kids takes a lot of courage. Anywhere these mixed children go they get called harsh names and are put down to the lowest