Change is
frightening. Some people fear it,
because it's new to them. The concept is
new to them. Breaking tradition,
recreating the structure that has always been; sometimes it's easier to stay
the same.
In 1865 we abolished
slavery, but that didn't stop them from keeping maids with low pay and unequal
conditions. Miss Hilly doesn't believe
that African Americans don't deserve to live equally; according to her, they
carry "diseases". Whereas Miss
Skeeter believes they should be treated like family. I think that carrying "diseases" is
a horribly thought out excuse for segregating African Americans. After all, they clean and cook for the white
families and take care of their children.
They were just in fear of change.
Aibileen knew that
the only thing standing between them was the color of their skin, and she
taught Mae Mobley that concept through their "secret stories". Life was meant to be lived by anyone with a
beating heart. You can take lives but
not their right of a life worth living; life isn't something you can
claim. It's what you make it to be. It wasn't supposed to be just white or just
black, it was supposed to be colorful.
There is no reason
why the color of someone's skin should determine who that person is. Never judge a book by it's cover, judge it by
it's contents. In fact, don't even judge
it, because you'll have your opinions and other's will have their own. If you label and assess things by their color
you could miss out on something amazing.
Underneath their layers of skin, there is a loving heart and a brilliant
mind.
Don't be afraid of
changing the image that everyone else sees.
After all, change is what keeps things new and fresh. Treating people unequally for something they
can't change, like the color of their skin, is awful and the only way you can
see who they really are is if you give them a change. Live in color. Maybe then you'll find a diamond in the rough.
