I grew up in the 1970s, but I don't think a whole lot had changed from the '60s. Oh, it had changed in the law books - but not in the kitchens of white homes. Kathryn Stockett 1970s60sbook Change image and share on social
When Demetrie got sick, we knew it was our responsibility to take care of her and pay her medical bills. And we embraced that. But the tricky part is, like so many families in the South, we also expected her to use a separate bathroom, to use separate utensils. Kathryn Stockett bathroombillcare share on social
What a dichotomy. What conflicting ideas that we love and embrace these women, and entrust them to raise our children and to feed us and to bathe us, but we keep something as silly as a bathroom separate. Kathryn Stockett bathebathroomchild share on social
Your white uniform as a black domestic was your ticket anywhere in town. Kathryn Stockett blackdomesticticket Change image and share on social