HelpRacism

Maeve 2022-04-19 09:01:09

Mississippi sounds like a beautiful town, but the inside is not as glamorous as the outside. Racial discrimination is a topic that cannot be ignored in the United States.

Caucasians have an inherent arrogance, because they think they are superior people because of their white skin. Even though the helper has paid genuine affection for his family, he still thinks that the helper is an inferior person.

Minnie has a saying that the white children she takes care of will grow up as arrogant and discriminate against blacks as their parents. It sounds a little sad, it is no different from the story of the farmer and the snake. While enjoying the care of low-priced domestic servants, they are discriminating against black people, which is very contradictory.

In this play, Ciri, as the white man who is most hostile to black people, received Minnie's revenge, which is still a bit sour. Propose to build a special bathroom for black people? Let Minnie go to the bathroom outside in the heavy rain.

In order to change this situation, the white heroine Skeeter is determined to write a book from the perspective of a servant to help blacks in the civil rights movement. Judging from the play, the heroine has been nurtured by the black people who have cared for her for 29 years since she was a child. Love, equality and self-cultivation will take care of the black people's emotions.

The film is straightforward and straightforward, and it shows the key points of conflict in the play. Especially when the black man was shot and killed, Abilene and another black man were kicked off the bus and their lives were threatened. They could only panic and return to the place where they felt safe.

Discrimination, be it racism or sexism, is beyond my comprehension. Believe that human beings are created equal, there is no distinction between high and low, as long as the heart is upright and kind, it is a pride of man.

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  • Elizabeth Leefolt: [after Mae Mobley has used a toilet dropped on Hilly's lawn, Elizabeth pulls her off and spanks her; crying sounds are heard offscreen] You will get a disease from those toilets!

  • Minny Jackson: Eat my shit.

    Hilly Holbrook: What'd you say?

    Minny Jackson: I said eat... my... shit.

    Hilly Holbrook: Have you lost your mind?

    Minny Jackson: No, ma'am but you is about to. 'Cause you just did.