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Not-so-nice review of "The Help" by Leonard Pitts
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 454544" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>My sister LOVED the book and told me to rush out and buy it. Well, before I did, I read the first chapter or so.</p><p></p><p>I could not get into it. To me, it reminded me of a white woman trying to write as if she was black (which is what it was). I ended up not buying it, but I may see the movie. I remember segregation, NOT from my life (there was none in Illinois), but I remember how white people protested brutally while black kids tried to go to school in Alabama. It affected me for life. I watched it on TV and cried (I was about nine years old). I didn't understand. I decided I would NEVER judge people by their color and, of course, I ended up adopting children of different races. </p><p></p><p>Maybe I'd like the movie after all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 454544, member: 1550"] My sister LOVED the book and told me to rush out and buy it. Well, before I did, I read the first chapter or so. I could not get into it. To me, it reminded me of a white woman trying to write as if she was black (which is what it was). I ended up not buying it, but I may see the movie. I remember segregation, NOT from my life (there was none in Illinois), but I remember how white people protested brutally while black kids tried to go to school in Alabama. It affected me for life. I watched it on TV and cried (I was about nine years old). I didn't understand. I decided I would NEVER judge people by their color and, of course, I ended up adopting children of different races. Maybe I'd like the movie after all. [/QUOTE]
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