We Are Literally Slaves: Summary

“She's just upset because the nigger uses the guest bathroom and so do we.” That is a direct quote from Hilly’s mother about Hilly holding off on using the bathroom inside Elizabeth’s house. Hilly then proceeds to tell everyone about the Home Help Sanitation Initiative that she came up with, to prevent the help from using the same bathroom as them. “They carry different diseases then we do.” This is just a reenactment of one possible incident that the help went through with their boss’. Being told that they are not good enough, but then they are expected to care for the young while the mothers go off and play cards, not being able to use the same bathroom but being expected to cook excuivient meals.

Mrs. Aibileen knew that she would be a maid because both her mother and grandmother were both also maids. According to We Are Literally Slaves, this is a true statement. But not because they were born into it, it is due to the fact that two-thirds of women in the south work in the household in some area. Miss Aibileen also said that she makes a whopping $0.90 per hour. 8 Women Dream says that is equivalent to $7.21 in 2011 whenever the minimum wage was $7.25. These women worked themselves dry and would be exhausted to not even make enough money to live off of.
All of a sudden, a police officer comes on and tells them that they have to get off, that the road is blocked because of the KKK. With fear setting in them all, they quickly get escorted off the bus and run home. A man asks Minny if she wants to be walked home because she was scared, but she refuses and then runs home as quickly as she could. Southern Poverty Law Center states that there were murders committed by the KKK in Mississippi during this time period, but no details were found on how the community