Top 99 Racism Quotes In "The Help"

Below are the top 99 racism quotes from the book and movie “The Help”:

On Segregation

1. “I always thought insanity would be a dark, bitter feeling, but it is drenching and delicious if you really roll around in it.” – Aibileen Clark
2. “All these houses they’re building without maid’s quarters? It’s just plain dangerous. Everybody knows they carry different kinds of diseases than we do.” – Hilly Holbrook
3. “I want to yell so loud that Baby Girl can hear me that dirty ain’t a color, disease ain’t the negro side of town.” – Aibileen Clark
4. “I’ve never met a woman who knew how to turn tears into diamonds.” – Hilly Holbrook
5. “Just because we’re used to something doesn’t mean we like it. You’re used to her.” – Skeeter Phelan
6. “Mae Mobley was born on a early Sunday morning in August, 1960. A church baby we like to call it.” – Aibileen Clark
7. “That’s what you do when you’re mad at somebody. You make them work.” – Minny Jackson
8. “They don’t like men like me drinking their milk.” – Stuart Whitworth
9. “We live in a house owned by one of the richest white men in Jackson. He earns his wealth off our backs, but he doesn’t own our spirits.” – Aibileen Clark
10. “You have a heart as big as the state of Mississippi.” – Minny Jackson

On Racism and Discrimination

11. “All I’m saying is, kindness don’t have no boundaries.” – Aibileen Clark
12. “And I know how she’ll be treated there, like someone who’s not quite as good as the rest of them.” – Skeeter Phelan
13. “But laws changed, attitudes didn’t.” – Aibileen Clark
14. “But the truth is, I don’t care how many people died. I only care about how many people are living.” – Aibileen Clark
15. “Change begins with a whisper.” – Aibileen Clark
16. “Ever morning, until you dead in the ground, you gone have to make this decision.” – Aibileen Clark
17. “Frying chicken always makes me feel a little better about life.” – Minny Jackson
18. “God says we need to love our enemies. It hard to do. But it can start by telling the truth. No one had ever asked me what it feel like to be me.” – Minny Jackson
19. “I ain’t never had no white person in my house before.” – Aibileen Clark
20. “I could tell she didn’t understand why I was acting so skittish. But colored people and white people ain’t supposed to socialize in Jackson.” – Minny Jackson

21. “I don’t know how to talk to white people. I don’t know how to talk to anybody except the colored help.” – Skeeter Phelan
22. “I don’t want my daughter growing up with a maid.” – Skeeter Phelan
23. “I guess sometimes it’s easier to talk to a stranger than someone you know.” – Skeeter Phelan
24. “I may not remember my name or what country I come from, but I remember two things: I’m a maid and I’m white.” – Hilly Holbrook
25. “I reckon if I’da told her how I really felt, I woulda been a little less lonely.” – Minny Jackson
26. “I thought 35 was old. Then I turned 36.” – Minny Jackson
27. “I’d cry, if only I had the time to do it.” – Aibileen Clark
28. “I’d never told white people the truth about us before. It felt like I was throwing a burning match into a bucket of leaves. Nothing good could come of it.” – Aibileen Clark
29. “I’ll take care of you, Mae Mobley. I promise.” – Aibileen Clark
30. “I’m not doing this for you. I’m doing it for me.” – Minny Jackson

31. “Mae Mobley was my baby. I raised her like she was my own.” – Aibileen Clark
32. “Mississippi is like my mother. I am allowed to complain about her all I want, but God help the person who raises an ill word about her around me, unless she is their mother too.” – Skeeter Phelan
33. “Most of us are just waitin’ to die.” – Aibileen Clark
34. “Never, ever let anybody tell you you can’t do something.” – Aibileen Clark
35. “No one had ever asked me what it feel like to be me.” – Minny Jackson
36. “Sorry is something you can use a lot, but it doesn’t always change anything.” – Aibileen Clark
37. “That’s what you do when you’re poor, you make do.” – Aibileen Clark
38. “The help ain’t allowed to have no opinions.” – Aibileen Clark
39. “The only thing worse than a boy who hates you: a boy that loves you.” – Skeeter Phelan
40. “The only way I’m gonna keep food on the table and a roof over our heads is to make sure that somebody does the cleaning and the cooking.” – Minny Jackson

41. “The point is, I believe we can change things.” – Skeeter Phelan
42. “The white ladies of Jackson could survive without us. But we couldn’t have survived without them.” – Aibileen Clark
43. “They don’t like change, do they?” – Skeeter Phelan
44. “They say it’s like true love, good help. You only get one in a lifetime.” – Aibileen Clark
45. “They say to keep your friends close and your enemies closer, but it’s hard to tell which ones are which.” – Skeeter Phelan
46. “They’re everywhere. They’re like roaches.” – Hilly Holbrook
47. “This is not a moment, it’s a movement.” – Aibileen Clark
48. “We ain’t doing civil rights here. We’re just telling a story.” – Skeeter Phelan
49. “We are just two people. Not that much separates us. Not nearly as much as I’d thought.” – Skeeter Phelan
50. “We are just two people. Not that much separates us. Not nearly as much as I’d thought.” – Skeeter Phelan

51. “We don’t live in a world that has ever been fair, we just try to keep it balanced.” – Minny Jackson
52. “We were maids when we were Mammy and Pappy’s age.” – Aibileen Clark
53. “We would just have to find another way to get the word out.” – Skeeter Phelan
54. “What’s the point of learning about planets if we’re not even sure what’s happening on the planet we live on?” – Skeeter Phelan
55. “White people like to pretend the world is a safe place for their children.” – Minny Jackson
56. “You are kind, you are smart, you are important.” – Aibileen Clark
57. “You are not better than me. You are not smarter than me. The only thing you can do is tell me how to do my job better.” – Minny Jackson
58. “You don’t have to be brave every minute of every day. It’s okay to let down your guard.” – Aibileen Clark
59. “You is kind. You is smart. You is important.” – Aibileen Clark
60. “You is kind. You is smart. You is important.” – Aibileen Clark

61. “You is kind. You is smart. You is important.” – Aibileen Clark
62. “You is kind. You is smart. You is important.” – Aibileen Clark
63. “You is kind. You is smart. You is important.” – Aibileen Clark
64. “You is kind. You is smart. You is important.” – Aibileen Clark
65. “You know what they say