The Help

This is a great movie about the 60's. But what had an impact in me was the phrase "separate, but equal". What do they mean with this? That whites and blacks were both humans, with rights and all, but that they shouldn't live together. This is quite similar to what South Africa proposed: progress through separate developments. The movie phrase was what Jim Crow laws standed for. In the movie, I could appreciate many examples of this: different toilets, to apparently "prevent sicknesses"; differentiated movilization, or even different places where they live. 

The maids in The Help took a risk by telling their stories. Even though they knew they could be shot to death in their front yards, they went ahead with the project. If people are not willing to take risks, they can't reach any objective they have. That's why it's important to fight for what you want, no matter the many obstacles you will find. Some people say that the obstacles are not there to prevent you from reaching your goal, but for convincing you how much you want it. It doesn't matter you are European, African or Asian: if you want it, you can have it. Another theme of the movie was what happened with Constantine, the maid that had raised up Skeeter, the protagonist, was fired by Skeeter's mom just because a friend of her told her to do it. She didn't want to, but was "drafted to". This is something common: we don't decide for ourselves and let "important" people to do it for us. We need to have an opinion of the things. If it's necessary, even if you are against everyone, do it.