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'The Help' distorts, ignores, and trivializes the experiences of black domestic workers. We are specifically concerned about the representations of black life and the lack of attention given to sexual harassment and civil rights activism.

This is important. One of my reservations about seeing this film remains the fact that it’s a movie about black women starring a white woman. Read the entire text of the open letter at the link.

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