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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel like if you’re not sure why it’s considered offensive, you haven’t read the book/watched the movie in a while. The story is a product of its time. It was conceived by a white woman for white audiences. It romanticized the antebellum South was extremely sympathetic to plantation owners. The movie was made by white people for white audiences at a time when society was highly segregated and there was absolutely no attempt at inclusiveness or sharing of diverse opinions or experiences. The slaves are caricatures who are infantilized. They don’t know anything, can’t figure out anything themselves, and have no desire for autonomy. Thank God Scarlet, the white savior, is there to figure everything out, guide them, and keep them safe and fed. It’s incredibly insulting. IRL, Scarlet would have known far less about the daily operations on a plantation and running the household and birthing babies than the slaves did.[/quote] Yes, exactly. [/quote]
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