The differences in the white and black communities are explored deeper in these chapters. While Aibileen is suffering through the anniversary of her son's death, she has to pretend sickness to be allowed an afternoon off to grieve. When Robert, the grandson of Aibileen's friend, Louvenia, is attacked, the white women do not respond nor do they seem to understand the gravity of the situation. It weighs heavy on the black maids' minds, yet they cannot express their outrage because they fear punishment or a similar fate. Mae Mobley is too young to understand the segregation and why her request to use Aibileen's bathroom elicits a spanking from her mother. Skeeter arrives at Aibileen's house to ask for her help with the book and parks her Cadillac in front, which draws the attention of the neighborhood and could endanger Aibileen. Skeeter is oblivious because she is accustomed to going wherever she wants whenever she chooses and does not yet see how restrictive life is for the black maids. As a child, Skeeter was allowed to visit the black neighborhood with Constantine, and she often stayed the night in her home. Even a white child has a place of fear and privilege in the black community, but because Skeeter was unaware of her place; it seemed the norm to her. It hasn't yet occurred to Skeeter that her position as a grown white woman carries significantly more power and weight and could put Aibileen in a precarious position. The distance between realities for black and white women is vast and dangerous.