For exposing these stories, Skeeter receives a job offer. Set in the 1960s in Jackson, Mississippi, the original book revolves around three narrators - two Black maids named Aibileen Clark and Minny Jackson as well as the white daughter of a family who owns a cotton farm, Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan.ĭriven to find where her family's maid Constantine went after coming back from college, Skeeter tries talking to other maids in the area, eventually convincing Aibileen and Minny to help her speak out about the at-times brutal working conditions of maids in the south. What to know about 'The Help' and its problematic story about a white woman helping Black people in the south So let's go ahead and reexamine this movie within the context of it being a story Americans (and most likely white Americans) would try to turn to now. Intentions of those who praise the movie may be well-meaning, but those opinions are ultimately uninformed and damaging. Movies like "The Help" have been promoted and touted as inspiring narratives about racism and the capacity for change in this country for decades. Netflix's trending list as of Friday, June 5, 2020. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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