These chapters reveal the truth of what black maids think of their white employers, which is not much. Aibileen relays events that show their employers to be unreasonable and unfair to their help. Black maids are often accused of stealing and helpless to defend themselves. Their personal lives are secondary to the demands of the white family. A white woman can fire the help at will and use her friends and influence to destroy a black maid's life. Aibileen also blames the white men at the lumber mill for her son's death because they didn't get help quickly enough. This shows that the racial prejudice runs both ways.