"“This case is as simple as black and white.”" How is this case literally about black and white?How is this case black and white, figuratively speaking?

The members of the jury do indeed see the case as black and white, but not in the sense that Atticus means it. Their understanding is much more literal; a black man has been accused of raping and beating a white woman, and in this neck of the woods, that's tantamount to a conviction.

figurativly It is easy to tell the difference between the colors black and white, just like it is easy to tell that Tom Robinson is not guilty

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