“They don’t belong anywhere. Colored folks won’t have ’em because they’re half white; white folks won’t have ’em ’cause they’re colored…”
– Harper Lee
To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 16. Jem about Dolphus’ mixed race children. Dolphus Raymond has several children with a black woman, which is frowned upon in a town steeped in racism. He and his family are treated as outcasts by both the black and white communities, forming a third class in racially divided Maycomb.