Stereotypes In The Help

Regarding the book “The Help” in 1960’s stereotype was definitely a big issue. It started in the beginning of the story when the author Minny Jackson, used the bathroom in a white colored family’s home. This was the first sign of segregation; African American people were not a loud to sit on the toilet. Aibileen Clark, is a black woman who cleaned and who took very care of a white child in a white family home. Skeeter, is a white woman who soon realized, that white people were treated differently in the work place than African American women. With this said, Skeeter’s story is about how black women are facing racism while working in white peoples households. Kathryn Stockett the author, of the book “The Help” wrote about how white people meet up regularly to talk about the African women should …show more content…
Talking about the roles of the African American women in the story they made it clear that they did not have much power over the white people. However that did not stop the women from finding different ways to fight against injustice in any way they can. The white people lived a rich lifestyle. This means people lived in very nice neighborhoods, lived in very nice houses and were always clean and dressed very nice. The maid Aibileen, took very good care of the white daughter who goes by the name Mae Mobley. Aibileen was always very nurturing, gave Mae lots of love, made sure, she was always clean and always cooked food from scratch when Mae was hungry. Aibileen goal was to teach Mae to see past skin color, not to judge others, because of their skin color. Aibileen went through allot with the death of her 24 year old son. She leaned to Minnie for support until she was able to find piece with her son’s death. This is the main reason why Aibileen decided to take care of a toddler named Mae. Aibileen always said to Mae “you is kind. You is