"The Help" and the Struggle for African-American Equality.

In the movie "The Help," many African-American maids tell their story to a writer by the name of Skeeter Phelen. She wanted to capture their stories so that way the world would know how they were being treated. Although white folks never liked African-Americans back then, these maids cherished the white kids they baby sat.
        In one incident, you could see how they were mistreated through their pay check. They only recieved 95 cent an hour. Colored children were forced to work at an early age in order to help their parents and make ends meet. In addition, this effected the kids because now they were no longer going to be in school and get an education. This also causes their future to be limited.
         Another incident that occurred was the fact that these black ladies took care of these white children as if they were their own and they still were treated like nothing. These maids are also forced to use seperate bathrooms because back then whites believed we carried deaseses. After changing, feeding and potty training these kids, they still continue to suffer.
          Lastly, another way you could see African Americans being mistreated was by the way theyy were brain washed and trained. Minny, a housemaid, recieved a new job. Within this job she set ground rules that she follows; these rules consits of: no touching their hands, don't spank their kids, and dont sass mouth. After she cooks lunch the mom of the house wanted to enjoy the meal with her; however Minny insisted on her sitting alone. This indicated how she's serious about her job and would not want to jepordize losing her paycheck.
         In my opinion, after the book got published and sold it really didn't make a difference. Yes we got our point across however they still had to continue to work. It's not like everything changed over night. I feel that this book was the begining to a new begining.