littlehobbit13:

alienfather:

an important scene from the help that white people seem to forget

Okay, but I need to add a caveat to this (one I’m sure someone will do their best to find an issue with, but whatever.)

Skeeter is specifically soliciting the opinion here from Aibileen, and because she’s soliciting it, that’s why she’s putting her own feelings, racial or otherwise, in the backseat. She’s consenting to hear Aibileen’s honest thoughts, whatever they may be.



“Doesn’t matter how I feel” is a good message for this context, touching on the importance of journalistic objectivity when trying to get a story told. It is not a carte blanche invitation for you to dump your negative racial feelings towards white people on just any ol’ white person ‘cause you don’t think how they feel matters and they need to just accept it. That will not fly because the human mind simply does not respond that way to surprise negativity.

If solicited, be honest. If soliciting, be open. If neither, be civil.

