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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m still messing up the formatting! I give up.[/quote]

Here you go PP:

Gone With the Wind depicts one female slave as childlike, hysterical, and ignorant. All 3 of the main slave characters are dependent on Scarlet to figure out what ever shall they do, how they will eat, how will they maintain Tara. Though the quintessential Southern belle, Scarlet is the only one with the ingenuity, gumption, work ethic and courage to keep everyone alive. As though Scarlet would have had any clue how to do anything and slaves would have needed her to show them the way. 🙄 She’s the white savior who cares for these slaves who couldn’t make it on their own without a master to tell them what to do. Those slaves sure were lucky to have her! 🤮

One of you pretends there was simply no other way to portray slaves and gives absurd alternatives, and the other poster loves it!

You’re terrible people.[/quote]

I actually think people know this but want to pretend it’s not true. It’s like in the Matrix. There will always be a large part of the community that wants to live in ignorance because it’s more comfortable that way.  Some will choose the blue pill. [/quote]
As long as you believe that other people secretly know you are right, you will never have to face the discomfort of your own ignorance.  [/quote]

Look, the treatment of slaves was objectively bad. I think most of us acknowledge that. The portrayal of slaves as little more than dim witted children is also jarring if most people think about it. I really don’t think most Americans believe that is an appropriate way to portray adults. But some just ignore because they like something else about the movie - the period pieces, the parties, whatever.  I freely admit this is nothing but conjecture on my part. [/quote]

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