Actor Wendell Pierce Pissed @ ‘The Help’ : “This passive segregation lie was hurtful.”

Actor Wendell Pierce took to Twitter to express his frustration after seeing the new movie, “The Help.” The movie was based off of the 2009 novel. The story takes place in the early 1960s and tells the perspective of black maids that worked for whites in the south, Jackson, MS, to be exact.

After watching the movie, Peirce tweeted:

“This passive segregation lite [lie or life]was hurtful. [I was] watching the film in UptownNewOrleans to the sniffles of elderly white people while my 80year old mother was seething…She told me how she wasn’t allowed in the kitchen. She couldn’t eat during a 12 hour shift. Only left overs if there was any. She couldn’t drink water from the kitchen but had to go to the faucet out doors….Hollywood loves the formula: the Great White Savior. I am tired of this cliche. These black women didn’t need a young white woman be empowered.”

If you saw the movie, please share your thoughts. Was this movie an accurate depiction of a black maid during this time period?