Racial Oppression and Class Conflict: Leninism as a Tool to Evaluate the Deposition of Radical Authoritarianism in Kathryn Stockett’s The Help (2009)

Abstract

This research analyzes Katheryn Stockett’s The Help (2009) with the main focus on the presentation of the pervasive problem of racism and class distinction experience by African Americans in the United States. Specifically, it demonstrates shameful, humiliating and unbearable living condition of black maids in the 1960’s in Jackson, Mississippi. It discusses different type of racial discrimination and class distinctions, such as overt, institutional, and structural, which occur in this community. Additionally, this paper provides an overview of the history of Leninism in the United States. The purpose of this research is to examine the history of Leninism in the United States, which sheds light on the problem of white supremacy, as well as the deposition of the radical authoritarian. It will also explore the change that occurs as a result of the oppression.