Skeeter's Skin Color

Nelson Mandela’s famous quote “No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background or his religion”. Skeeter was born just like all the other white babies, but her childhood memories and her mindset made her the person she is today. Kathryn Stockett uses the character of Skeeter to tell readers that no matter what skin color you are, white or black its your deed to help each other regardless of the circumstances. The character Skeeter shows this by caring for colored people by disagreeing with the rules of Mississippi and helping out the people that helped her. By Skeeter doing this she has helped out many people in Mississippi.

To begin with, Skeeter gets Aibileen to help her write a book. When the interview day comes Skeeter’s heading to her destination, she was nervous and says, “My heart racing, I drive fast on the paved town roads, heading for the colored part of town” (167). After hearing about the bathroom initiative from Miss. Hilly, Skeeter
Miss. Hilly comes up with a bathroom initiative for colored folks and Skeeter already doesn’t like the sound of it, so she clearly disagrees. She heads over to the kitchen to ask Aibileen, “Do you ever wish you . . . could change things? (12). Skeeter doesn’t like how Miss. Hilly has made this bathroom initiative so she asks Aibileen if she wishes things could change so the people of Mississippi are all happy. Later in the book, Aibileen asks Skeeter to check out some books from the “white” library since the colored library doesn’t have the books she needs. Skeeter accepts her request being the caring person she is and, “We look at each other for a second. I’m tired of the rules, I say” (180). Unlike other white folks, Skeeter is the only helpful white person to check out books for a colored person from a white library. Even though Aibileen and Skeeter are different races that doesn’t stop them from helping each