The Help demonstrates the double standards that white women face in the south during the 1960s.Topic 1
Through the film The Help directed by Tate Taylor in 2011 depicts the struggles of african American women living in the south with white women. They are being forced to act as their maids while being barely paid at all. The characters in the film all face a variety of problems which can be attributed to their gender, class and age. Minny jackson is an african American maid who suffers from sexisisim. Her sufferings are much more strict due to her race .Skeeter on the other is the opposite of Minny. She is a white american who is considered to be upper class yet still faces sexisim due to her focus on career, this is looked down upon by the …show more content…
Minny Jackson is a woman who has been subjected to racial abuse from the white Americans. She has faced a lot of hardships as a maid. She is forced to cook to clean and take care of her baby. In the times of the 1960 african american women had no rights. They were mocked, made fun. Minny is treated harshly,. They had forced her to use toilets outside in the cold. Minny is also demanded to “ Make … a sandwich” This is said in harsh tone demanding aibileen to make a sandwich. Minny jackson also faces abusive from her husband as she struggles to make ends meet. This forces her daughter to quit to support the family. Even in african american community women are treated inferior towards men. They are not allowed to have their own careers. Through a series of overhead shots we see as minny strods and walks out of the house slamming the door and finding a new …show more content…
They are from two completely different races. They both have a similarity in which they are the subject of sexist remarks. Skeeter is looked down upon for refusing to have a relationship with a man. She is a career focused women. So she is subjected to racist remarks from various people who all insist that it is time to get married and to leave her job. Minny jackson suffer abuse from her husband. It is also expected for her for to b3e in the kitchen to do the cooking the cleaning and all of the household chores. It is believed that women should not have a job. She is also subjected to racist comments.Even though both skeeter and Minny lived in the same town and in the same time period they are both very much subjected to sexisim one worse than the
Through the film The Help directed by Tate Taylor in 2011 depicts the struggles of african American women living in the south with white women. They are being forced to act as their maids while being barely paid at all. The characters in the film all face a variety of problems which can be attributed to their gender, class and age. Minny jackson is an african American maid who suffers from sexisisim. Her sufferings are much more strict due to her race .Skeeter on the other is the opposite of Minny. She is a white american who is considered to be upper class yet still faces sexisim due to her focus on career, this is looked down upon by the …show more content…
Minny Jackson is a woman who has been subjected to racial abuse from the white Americans. She has faced a lot of hardships as a maid. She is forced to cook to clean and take care of her baby. In the times of the 1960 african american women had no rights. They were mocked, made fun. Minny is treated harshly,. They had forced her to use toilets outside in the cold. Minny is also demanded to “ Make … a sandwich” This is said in harsh tone demanding aibileen to make a sandwich. Minny jackson also faces abusive from her husband as she struggles to make ends meet. This forces her daughter to quit to support the family. Even in african american community women are treated inferior towards men. They are not allowed to have their own careers. Through a series of overhead shots we see as minny strods and walks out of the house slamming the door and finding a new …show more content…
They are from two completely different races. They both have a similarity in which they are the subject of sexist remarks. Skeeter is looked down upon for refusing to have a relationship with a man. She is a career focused women. So she is subjected to racist remarks from various people who all insist that it is time to get married and to leave her job. Minny jackson suffer abuse from her husband. It is also expected for her for to b3e in the kitchen to do the cooking the cleaning and all of the household chores. It is believed that women should not have a job. She is also subjected to racist comments.Even though both skeeter and Minny lived in the same town and in the same time period they are both very much subjected to sexisim one worse than the