Why Did Skeeters Mom Fire Constantine?

Charlotte also harbors racist beliefs that she never renounces. Even though Constantine had been like a mother to Skeeter, she fires her just because her daughter Lulabelle pretended to be white and mingled with her white friends.

What really happened to Constantine?

Charlotte had been forced to fire Constantine and tells her to leave. While Constantine leaves, Skeeter turns upset. Charlotte also tells a tearful Skeeter that she had sent Skeeter's brother, Carlton up to Chicago to bring Constantine home. When he got there, Constantine had died.

What did Mrs Phelan do to Constantine?

When the little girl grew up, she and Constantine were reunited. While Skeeter was away at college, Lulabelle came to visit her mother in Jackson and showed up at a party being held in Skeeter's mother's living room. When Charlotte Phelan discovered who Lulabelle was, she kicked her out and fired Constantine.