Another bit from my local paper and Charita Goshay. She was doing a column about film and what it says about domestics etc. This was probably because of the new film that is out now, The Butler. The last paragraph of her column is what grabbed me. Here is what she wrote:
Today - an era when some people are given platinum parachutes for failure - the working poor are dismissed and even resented, even though there's more honor in carrying a tray than shell-gaming others to invest in a pyramid scheme. This nation may have been fathered by wealthy white men, but it was built by working people of all races who wish only to be paid decently and respected for the work they do. I shouldn't take a movie to remind us of that.
Kind of gives you something to think about doesn't it?
The movie had little truth in it and was not the real butlers biography. White House employees also earn very good money too.
ReplyDeleteThere is a good story on it from the Hoover Institute.
I do believe that how people treat servants, maids in hotels and waitresses, etc is a clue to their character. I hate to see people treat others badly.
I agree, we shouldnt need movies to remind us to be nice to people.