A few days ago I watched a movie with some friends - guess the name of it - correct, it's called "The Help".
The reason I'm telling you something about this movie is the fact that this movie describes the life of black maids in the early 1960s. I guess you all know something about this date and what was going on in America at this time, as we all (even me as one of Fionas students) had to learn much about the American history.
The black maids in the movie have a hard life - they take care about the children of others, just to see them grow up until they become their new bosses. The most horrible thing about it: The maids are not allowed to use the same toilets as the house owners.
The main character of the movie, an awkward young female journalist called "Skeeter", decides to write a book about the whole situation. She was raised by a black maid herself and slowly earns the trust of Minny and Aibileen, two maids.
Enough said about the storyline as I don't want to give away too much information. For the exact same reason I'm not a fan of trailers, so all you get is a picture. :)
I can only recommend you to watch this film - I enjoyed the humour, but to be honest, at some points the movie almost made me cry.
One thought stuck in my brain the next day - it could have been reverse. It's so strange how one race feels superior to another without any logical reason. Just picture all black people being white and all white people being black. What would it be like? If the Afro Americans would be in the same situation as the white ladies in the movie - wouldn't they act the same way? Of course that's no excuse for all the cruel and horrendous things that were done to Afro Americans. It's just a mind game that leads to one result: there's something wrong with humanity - with all of us.
