Miss Skeeter is also guilty of underestimating Aibileen's intelligence. It was only through Miss Skeeter's alienation that she was able to understand that Aibileen knew and loved to read. With a little thought: "I had never thought of Aibileen as a reader before," Miss Skeeter conveys that she assumed Aibileen wasn't smart enough to read books. Not only did Miss Skeeter ignore Aibileen's knowledge, but towards the end of the novel Miss Hilly tested Aibileen's writing skills. Assuming she wasn't knowledgeable enough, Ms. Hilly said, "No one will believe what you wrote!" To prove her assumption wrong, Aibileen wittily replied, "I don't know. I've been told I'm a pretty good writer, I've sold a lot of books already!" Aibileen responded this way to imply that she co-wrote "Help." He proved to Hilly that black people are just as bright as white people