The Help

OK admittedly I did get into the story and I kept reading to find out what other improbable things were going to happen. But as I read I could not stop being annoyed by the book's propagation of racist ideas. Like. Why did all of the white Southern characters speak in perfect English but even the most educated black characters speak in dialect? And also, all 10+ issues that tarnish the Help are true.

I mean I get why people are getting into this feel-good story of a white lady helping some black ladies. It's a feel good story, for white ladies!!

Also here is a GChat conversation I had with Emilia about this book.

me: have you read the help

Emilia: no
no and NEVER
i will kill it

me: yeah i just read it just to keep up with the hype or whatever
kind of wish i hadn't though because now when people talk about it i blurt out “that shit was mad racist yo”
which is alienating.

Emilia: yeah but
YO TRUE