Why Judge?
Many lessons are taught through books, movies, poems, videos, the press, and almost anything you can imagine. Some are good lessons, such as learning about an interesting topic. Some are bad lesson, such as what people do in order to feel the need to go to war. But the lesson I learned was for the better. My lesson was about how prejudiced people could be during the Civil Rights Movement.
The movie "The Help" truly was about how prejudiced, mainly, housewives were. "The Help" is about African American women who were not slaves; but they worked around a Caucasian family's house. Eventually, one woman really began to notice how these other women felt about being treated separately and disrespectfully. So, she decided to write down their stories and create a book out of it. The movie is a historical fiction. It was based on a true story which made the lesson even more interesting to know that their following an actual storyline.
The proof that these mothers were biased was when they were angry with the maids (African American) for using their family's bathroom. So, some of the Caucasian families decided to build a bathroom for these maids to use. But, the 'separate, but equal' law was not required. Most of the maids did not have much say in what they were allowed to do. Most of the time, they didn't get to see their own families very often.
Many people in today's society are still alive for when the Civil Rights Movement had begun. Some of those people are still misjudge to this day. The unfortunate part is that some of their children learned from their parents what kind of people to hang out with. If they're prejudice of a certain race it is most likely because the parents despised that race or religion. I feel that I am quite blessed not to have grown up in the environment where many people had cold, cruel hearts.
