Clearly, the Civil Rights Movement didn’t have enough inspirational black folks to encourage the need for self-determination.

The Help centers on a white journalist’s verve for justice for two working-class black women during the civil rights era it's the main narrative of the film. Who doesn't engage in how they might profit off of racism and also how they might perpetuate it. Welcome to Humanities Commons, the network for people working in the humanities.Discover the latest open-access scholarship and teaching materials, make interdisciplinary connections, build a WordPress Web site, and increase the impact of your work by sharing it in the repository. A “liberal” in this sense is the confluence of a person with white guilt - someone who claims to be invested in not being racist. The film interacts with the burdens of POC in the South by glorifying the liberal journalist who endows two black maids -Īibileen Clark ( Viola Davis) and Minny Jackson ( Octavia Spencer, who won Best Supporting Actress for this role) - with strength during the Civil Rights Movement. It had a considerable, hefty, and talented POC cast.

Perhaps one of the most offensive of all depictions of white savior-ness is the Oscar-winning hit The Help. The Help ©Walt Disney Co./Courtesy Everett Collection

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