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Aibileen Clark:
I was born 1911, Chicksaw County, Piedmont Plantation.Eugenia 'Skeeter' Phelan:And did you know as a girl growing up that one day you'd be a maid?Aibileen Clark:Yes ma'am, I did.Eugenia 'Skeeter' Phelan:And you knew that because...Aibileen Clark:My mama was a maid. My grandmama was a house slave.Eugenia 'Skeeter' Phelan: "house slave..." Did you ever dream of being something else?Aibileen Clark:Eugenia 'Skeeter' Phelan:What does it feel like to raise a white child when your own child's at home being looked after by somebody else?
I was born 1911, Chicksaw County, Piedmont Plantation.Eugenia 'Skeeter' Phelan:And did you know as a girl growing up that one day you'd be a maid?Aibileen Clark:Yes ma'am, I did.Eugenia 'Skeeter' Phelan:And you knew that because...Aibileen Clark:My mama was a maid. My grandmama was a house slave.Eugenia 'Skeeter' Phelan: "house slave..." Did you ever dream of being something else?Aibileen Clark:Eugenia 'Skeeter' Phelan:What does it feel like to raise a white child when your own child's at home being looked after by somebody else?
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And did you know as a girl growing up that one day you'd be a maid
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Yes ma'am I did
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And you knew that because
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My mama was a maid My grandmama was a house slave
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House slave
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Do you ever dream of being something else
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What does it feel like to raise a white child
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when your own child's at home being looked after by somebody else
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Movie Summary
An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African American maids' point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily b...
