"Separate But Equal"

This phrase, presented in the film "the Help", is used by the white and rich women from the story. As we know the discrimination in those times was very common and it was completly normal to people to be racsist. If we read this phrase it might not be considered as bad as it was on the film, but the real purpose of the woman that said it was to make the black employes stay away from her and in much worse conditions. But she hides all that part saying "Separate but Equal", that makes people think she is being fair.
       The antagonist applied this principle when she wanted to state separate bathrooms for blacks and whites.