During the interview Aibileen says: “I want to tell the truth. I want someone to know what it’s like to live your whole life in fear. Fear that if you say something, if you do something, you will be hurt, or somebody you love will.”
Skeeter recognizes that many of the black women she has interviewed would share her views. She decides that she will write stories anonymously so that she can give them a chance to tell the truth without the risk of retribution.