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Feminism and Diversity

Neoma

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21. Therein lies the problem.

Reply to Catherina (Reply #19)

Thu Feb 23, 2012, 01:07 PM

Feb 2012

" The Help’s big appeal is to white people. It makes them feel good because it’s about a white woman who reaches across the racial divide to help poor black servants."

The entire reason it was allowed. Because people feel good about people doing good. Black people were wronged in the past? Let's give them a welcoming gesture, and symbolically use the past as a way to do it.

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Intersectionality in Movies: The Help [View all] obamanut2012 Feb 2012 OP

Interesting review, and I agree that the complete absence of the male was troubling Warpy Feb 2012 #1

I did like how some of the control and power was transferred to obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #4

Are you gonna make me watch this movie? justiceischeap Feb 2012 #2

Watch it for Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, and Jessica Chastain obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #5

I'm going to have to read the book, or... TreasonousBastard Feb 2012 #3

VERY interesting! obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #6

The book is well written and an interesting read Warpy Feb 2012 #7

I read the book and disliked it so much I avoided the movie. Starry Messenger Feb 2012 #8

The scary thing is, she thinks it's wonderful and all civil roghtsie obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #9

My take on it. Neoma Feb 2012 #10

If you want to better understand the perspective, you might try reading more written from it. laconicsax Feb 2012 #11

There's a lot to unpack there. Starry Messenger Feb 2012 #12

And also reactions from Southern whites knowing she was being crazy racist obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #13

Wow, I never thought about that. Starry Messenger Feb 2012 #14

You didn't threadjack at all obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #15

Not having read the book or seen the movie, I still have an opinion/question justiceischeap Feb 2012 #16

I think they saw $$$$$ and didn't care obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #17

I'll try to watch it over the weekend. justiceischeap Feb 2012 #18

It's old attitudes that are passed on. Neoma Feb 2012 #20

you're kidding right? Most white people don't come from priveleged backgrounds. Just like most Tunkamerica Feb 2012 #25

I was explaining exactly that... Neoma Feb 2012 #26

you implied through your language that not all but most were rich. Tunkamerica Feb 2012 #31

As I said in explanation: Neoma Feb 2012 #32

I never said they did obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #27

Meh, I was verging off topic. Neoma Feb 2012 #28

As I recall history, the ladder of inequality went something like this: justiceischeap Feb 2012 #29

Yep. Neoma Feb 2012 #30

You forgot Italians and Chinese immigrants Tx4obama Feb 2012 #35

Wow there are so many great posts in this thread Catherina Feb 2012 #19

Therein lies the problem. Neoma Feb 2012 #21

I knew about the lawsuit, which shows what a poser Stockett was obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #23

As history, the movie clearly fails. mistertrickster Feb 2012 #22

Skeeter's maid's name was Constantine obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #24

I did not like the movie JustAnotherGen Feb 2012 #33

You know...you've made me rethink my enjoyment of the book. ScreamingMeemie Feb 2012 #34

"Why now?" Starry Messenger Feb 2012 #36