???

You know how Alberta and Hetty are best friends now?

Surely that couldn't have always been the case. Sure, Hetty was dead for a bit by then and yes, she was sharing her afterlife with a native american guy, but Alberta died while segregation was in full effect, she was literally not allowed to stay at the mansion overnight because of racism.

And Hetty, as we know and love her, is a classist piece of trash who thinks she's superior to everyone. Sure, it's mostly the Irish now, and I get the executive decision to not make her super racist because this is the 2020's. Like. That would be a dumb marketing decision.

But talking headcanons here: What are the chances that Hetty actually had to work through that racism just like she has to work her way through feminism and sexual liberty now? Is it really unlikely that she was, for example, hesitant to shake Alberta's hand in the afterlife, or that she considered her a lowdown street rat due to both upbringing and skin colour?

And obviously, by now she has grown and learned. Alberta became important to her. Someone who taught her women can be friends, not competition. Someone who might as well have taught her that skin colour and lineage don't matter. I mean, it's probably hard to keep believing in racist stereotypes after witnessing your perfect lineage son turn into a murderer while the black ghost in the manor is a hoot, super intelligent, and just an overall awesome friend.

But it also just shows that Hetty is willing to change and adapt, that she's willing to admit to mistakes and see things in a different light.