I find the speech dialects hard to imagine as accurate for the sixties -- even in Mississippi. Yes it is hard to believe folks were treated so badly 50 years ago -- that is until we think about how undocumented persons are treated today. Seems like there is still a long way to go.
Even if "ends justify the means" Aibileen is taking a big risk here but we learn of the important role Minny played in her life. I wonder if her lie to Celia will be her downfall or her ties to Minny her saving or maybe something else all together.
What an interesting point to think about. The similarities, differences, nuances, roots… between the racial discrimination against black people -- for most/all of us so difficult to assimilate it flagrantly happened just a few years ago -- and the currently ongoing discrimination against another group of people, in this case the undocumented persons.
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