To Kill a Mockingbird

What type of literary device does Atticus use when he says," This case is as simple as black and white?" How is Atticus's choice of words ironic?

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He uses a simile. It is also ironic as he's playing on the truth of right and wrong using divisive skin colour as a metaphor.