The Magical Negro

 While watching the movie, The Help, it reminds me of some of the terms that Hughey discussed in his article, Cinethetic Racism: White Redemption and Black Stereotypes in “Magical Negro”. One of the terms that I recalled is white normativity  nd superiority. While finishing 3/4 of the films, I found the level of being white is as superior as it gets right before the civil right movement. One specific racial racism problem that played an important role during the movie is the use of bathroom. The servants were not able to use the white people’s bathroom, which I think is very racism and stereotypical. However, at that time period, it is normal because the black people are not having the equal rights that they are supposed to have. Because of this incident, it reminds me of the term white normativity and superiority that Hughey talked about in his article. Another term that I think is important is Magical Negro (MN) because I think the film does made a significant point that these black woman servants are important to the household because they are the one who can help them take care of the house chores and the kids. For example, the character in the film, Aibileen, who raised more than ten white children in her life that try to teach them everything they can and give all the love she has to these white children. She has the power of trying to change the current situations that they are facing by agreeing to reveal their story in a book. Personally I do think this film should be considered to be a magical negro film, because it showed the voice from the black person’s point of view and understanding their perspective.