MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry had harsh criticism of the film The Help "about black maids in the Jim Crow South and the white woman who writes a book about them"*. Octavia Spencer won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress but Melissa-Perry believes The Help "reduces violent racism, sexism and labor exploitation to a cat fight that can be won with cunning spunk"...".* Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur discuss on The Young Turks.
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