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Not-so-nice review of "The Help" by Leonard Pitts
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<blockquote data-quote="DDD" data-source="post: 454789" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>This likely sound strange coming from me but society slowly evolves. Prejudice exists and has always existed. My husband, for example, was President of the Student Body at a Conneticut university. He is/was a totally self made man who had no Mother (she died when he was six), a Dad who left him with relatives for years and he managed to get into college and put himself through and achieved leadership and recognition. After graduation he applied for a position at a major NYC Corporation. He was told "you wouldn't be comfortable here as we have no Irish people". That was in the mid 50's. He was stunned.</p><p></p><p>There was no known violence in the community where I grew up involving the help. They had a role in society but it was obviously lower rung. In 2011 we all live with "rungs". We are divided by wealth, by education, by background, by education by our religious choices and by the habits of our residential communities. That is even reflected in current politics. There are the "haves" and there are the "have nots". There are arrogant, uncaring and rude people today just as there were in the earlier decades.</p><p></p><p>I was an observant child. I am observant as a senior citizen. It is not racial relations so much as it is people living in their own world. Like many of you I have volunteered many times to help others and had hoped I would end up financially secure enough to be a full time activist <strong>but </strong>I don't think the "pro" actions of a few people can reach the millions who, like the help, deserve more out of life than the shuffle of the deck has given them. The divide still exists and my highest hope is that each of us can live a safe life and be treated with respect. DDD</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DDD, post: 454789, member: 35"] This likely sound strange coming from me but society slowly evolves. Prejudice exists and has always existed. My husband, for example, was President of the Student Body at a Conneticut university. He is/was a totally self made man who had no Mother (she died when he was six), a Dad who left him with relatives for years and he managed to get into college and put himself through and achieved leadership and recognition. After graduation he applied for a position at a major NYC Corporation. He was told "you wouldn't be comfortable here as we have no Irish people". That was in the mid 50's. He was stunned. There was no known violence in the community where I grew up involving the help. They had a role in society but it was obviously lower rung. In 2011 we all live with "rungs". We are divided by wealth, by education, by background, by education by our religious choices and by the habits of our residential communities. That is even reflected in current politics. There are the "haves" and there are the "have nots". There are arrogant, uncaring and rude people today just as there were in the earlier decades. I was an observant child. I am observant as a senior citizen. It is not racial relations so much as it is people living in their own world. Like many of you I have volunteered many times to help others and had hoped I would end up financially secure enough to be a full time activist [B]but [/B]I don't think the "pro" actions of a few people can reach the millions who, like the help, deserve more out of life than the shuffle of the deck has given them. The divide still exists and my highest hope is that each of us can live a safe life and be treated with respect. DDD [/QUOTE]
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