The Help Stereotypes

The movie, “The Help,” is about racism and women’s rights down in the south. It reveals how black women, black men, and white women were controlled during the 1900,s in Jackson, Mississippi. This film had me crying and laughing through the entire show. The main character’s in this movie is Skeeter, Aibileen, and Minnie. The black maids were treated badly as if they had a disease. They could not use the bathroom as the white people they worked for. Mississippi was known as the worst state in the country. Everybody wanted to be treated equally. Race, gender, and justice were some of the major problems experienced by the characters in this movie. Race was very common in this film. It had many stereotypes of African-Americans. They were considered nasty, lazy, and were unintelligent and not respected like the white were in society. This was also during the Jim Crow era, which had many harsh laws and rules for African-Americans. It only made them more fearful than their lives already was. Gender had many standards in Mississippi. White men we’re glorified by everybody, and were the leader of the household. White women were valued in the general public for the ability to create kids, and have their maids raise them. Black women …show more content…
She had no kids and no desire to have any soon or get married. Unlike everybody else in Mississippi, she didn’t want to be like the traditional white women. She wanted to talk to the maids and ask them about their perspectives of being a maid. Aibileen was the first one to finally wanting to talk to Skeeter and help her with her story she was trying to do. However, Aibileen was very scared that she could get in a lot of trouble if she gets involved. One day, she went to church and the pastor was talking about courage. She felt stronger and wiser after he gave his sermon. Aibileen felt like she got the strength to talk to Skeeter about her life story and was willing to sacrifice her