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CHAPTER III CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

In conclusion, this chapter discusses the research question of how the three main characters in The Help perceive racial equality. It also discusses the recommendations for the future researchers and the teachers who are interested in the topic of racial equality applied as a learning material in the classroom.

C. Conclusions

Referring to the findings in chapter two, it can be concluded from those findings that in general, racial equality is perceived as a condition in which naturally, all human beings are supposed to be equal, regardless their races, and because of that they have the equal basic rights and should be treated equally. The concept of racism brings the inequalities among humans. The notion of racism believes that human beings are divided into races; one race is superior to the other race. Racism evokes the discrimination and segregation. Discrimination and segregation are evil because they deprive humans from their rights and create social contempt, prejudice, and stigma. The three main characters in the novel, at the end of the story, perceive racial equality as something worthy to struggle for. Aibileen and Minny understand racial equality as a condition in which there are supposed to be no individuals who are more superior or inferior rather than the others, while Skeeter perceives racial equality as a condition in which everybody is supposed to have 38 sincere relationship without being separated by lines of segregation. All of them perceive that one of the keys to gain racial equality is the understanding between races. Personally, Aibileen perceives racial equality as a condition in which all human beings are supposed to be equal in status because they are from one single Creator and they share a common physical origin and because they have equal value, all of them have autonomy and dignity. Minny perceives racial equality as a utopia, an ideal, yet unreachable and impossible condition. She perceives racial equality as a condition in which all human beings are supposed to be equal because all of them have a capacity for sympathy and natural inclination to feel concern for the well-being of others. Skeeter personally perceives racial equality as a condition when black people and white people are supposed to be equal in status without being separated by lines created by whites. She also perceives racial equality as a supposed condition in which all humans are equal because all of them have a capacity for sympathy and natural inclination to feel concern for the well-being of others.

D. Recommendations