Black people were at an extreme disadvantage during this time period. According to an online …show more content…
Racism was by far the worst issue at the time (“The 1960s” 2010). In schools, children were taught to be racist. Teachers taught children that blacks were not good enough and weren’t equal. Because of this, children thought that racism was right and that the things the teachers were saying were true. The children didn’t know what was right and wrong, they were young and just trying to get an education. However, Mae Mobley’s teacher, Ms. Taylor, was a little late getting to Mae Mobley. Mae Mobley was taught by Aibileen that all people were equal no matter the color of their skin. Aibileen taught Mae Mobley about the green martian, Martin Luther King junior, that went marching through Washington D.C. to prove that everyone was equal no matter their color (Stockett 349). If it was not for Aibileen, Mae Mobley would end up being just like her mother, Elizabeth, Ms. Hilly, Ms.Taylor, or even as far as the