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kacekwl

(9,269 posts) Fri Jun 12, 2020, 09:22 AM Jun 2020

Why in my opinion removing Gone with the Wind and [View all]

movies / books that show racism is foolish. These movies are the only way many people see how black people have been treated in the past and how in many ways it's still the same. If history is taken away the ability to learn is taken away. Watching movies and reading books like To kill a mockingbird and the like educated me and disturbed me and I believe made me a better person.

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Why in my opinion removing Gone with the Wind and [View all] kacekwl Jun 2020 OP

I think they (hbo) just want to add some context soothsayer Jun 2020 #1

Well, it certainly taught me how foolish the bravado behind the South's entry into the civil war hlthe2b Jun 2020 #2

Exactly. One would think early lines from Scarlett would be context enough, "Fiddle-dee-dee. txwhitedove Jun 2020 #28

I don't get it either. bdamomma Jun 2020 #3

It is NOT being taken off the air. It is being temporarily removed from HBO Squinch Jun 2020 #9

The removal of Huck Finn from schools was a huge mistake. Walleye Jun 2020 #4

All because of one word. A word that was carefully chosen as the ultimate sarcasm. TreasonousBastard Jun 2020 #5

Yes. Can't believe how people miss the point. Walleye Jun 2020 #10

It's funny, Twain's books were banned in some places originally Clash City Rocker Jun 2020 #14

I have never been able to get past the "hospital" scene in GWTW. Ferrets are Cool Jun 2020 #6

GWTW? Who cares...just don't mess with that holiday classic Holiday Inn. jmg257 Jun 2020 #7

Gone With the Wind does NOT show how black people were treated in the past. Squinch Jun 2020 #8

Adding context to GWTW is not "Taking away history," good lord. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2020 #11

GWTW is not history Cirque du So-What Jun 2020 #12

I always thought of Gone With the Wind as a love story katmondoo Jun 2020 #13

It's extremely important to the history of film, just as is "Birth of a Nation". Dial H For Hero Jun 2020 #15

So is Triumph of the Will Cirque du So-What Jun 2020 #20

Sat down and watched that before a trip to Germany a couple years ago BannonsLiver Jun 2020 #30

I don't think it perpetuates negative stereotypes Goodheart Jun 2020 #18

Each of the stereotypes presented in GWTW Cirque du So-What Jun 2020 #22

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OK ibegurpard Jun 2020 #16

Agreed. This article by an AA woman from the South. . . DinahMoeHum Jun 2020 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author morillon Jun 2020 #19

The problem with the way people interpret GWTW Leith Jun 2020 #23

What is ironic in all of this...if you read the book..Gone with the wind was the first book to Demsrule86 Jun 2020 #24

What about The Littlest Rebel. marie999 Jun 2020 #25

Or for that matter Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney in "Babes on Broadway" with its extended minstrel Dial H For Hero Jun 2020 #26

Wonder if so many would be in favor of these movies, include... brush Jun 2020 #27