Hilly is a character that enforces that idea. In the first chapter during bridge game, the topic of bathroom comes up with Hilly saying that, “Everybody knows they carry different kinds of diseases than we do. I double” (10). Hilly is making a judgment on African-American base on her impression of them which is how stereotypes are created. During the period of the time, black males works in harsh conditions at a factory or construction site while women works as caretakers for white homes. This led to the belief that African-American have none or little intelligence. Hilly has always looked down on all African-American and degrading them for who they really are. Skeeter begins to see the racial discrimination in chapter twelve when noticing that, “Hilly raises her voice about three octaves when talking to black people. Elizabeth smiles likes she’s talking to a child, although certainly not her own” (200). Hilly raise her voice in order to sound like a queen, some of top class. She wants the maids to obey and know their place in the house and in society. Elizabeth in the other hand, feel like she is talking to a child even though Aibileen is older than she is. The point is that the treatment of maids was within the social norms of society. If someone’s skin color is black, then they will be
Hilly is a character that enforces that idea. In the first chapter during bridge game, the topic of bathroom comes up with Hilly saying that, “Everybody knows they carry different kinds of diseases than we do. I double” (10). Hilly is making a judgment on African-American base on her impression of them which is how stereotypes are created. During the period of the time, black males works in harsh conditions at a factory or construction site while women works as caretakers for white homes. This led to the belief that African-American have none or little intelligence. Hilly has always looked down on all African-American and degrading them for who they really are. Skeeter begins to see the racial discrimination in chapter twelve when noticing that, “Hilly raises her voice about three octaves when talking to black people. Elizabeth smiles likes she’s talking to a child, although certainly not her own” (200). Hilly raise her voice in order to sound like a queen, some of top class. She wants the maids to obey and know their place in the house and in society. Elizabeth in the other hand, feel like she is talking to a child even though Aibileen is older than she is. The point is that the treatment of maids was within the social norms of society. If someone’s skin color is black, then they will be