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Was Gone With The Wind Racist?
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/// Stereotype: Much criticism stems from the fact that the principle black characters such as Mammy played by Hattie McDaniel (pictured with Vivien Leigh) are reduced to playing stereotypical maids offering up cheerful servitude ///
Wasn't there also white stereotypical maids, who also offered up 'cheerful servitude' to their British Victorian and Edwardian mistresses?
/// Stereotype: Much criticism stems from the fact that the principle black characters such as Mammy played by Hattie McDaniel (pictured with Vivien Leigh) are reduced to playing stereotypical maids offering up cheerful servitude ///
Wasn't there also white stereotypical maids, who also offered up 'cheerful servitude' to their British Victorian and Edwardian mistresses?
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Actually it was from the Independent, but the Daily Mail do these things so much better.
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Actually it was from the Independent, but the Daily Mail do these things so much better.
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I hope they don't have the traditional student Toga Party.
The Romans enslaved countless Britons as slaves. Many of our ancestors were not only enslaved, but also brutally killed in the arena.
Until the Italian government formally apologises to Britain for this disgusting period in their history, I for one will not be going to Italy.
Okay, I might be going this weekend, but I will be boycotting the place in spirit.
The Romans enslaved countless Britons as slaves. Many of our ancestors were not only enslaved, but also brutally killed in the arena.
Until the Italian government formally apologises to Britain for this disgusting period in their history, I for one will not be going to Italy.
Okay, I might be going this weekend, but I will be boycotting the place in spirit.
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Was Gone With The Wind racist?
Yes, but as the Civil Rights movement was in its infancy, the makers can perhaps be forgiven for going with stereotypical characters - as all cinema directors did in those days. This was the time when the good cowboy wore a white hat, and the bad guy was usually chosen because the actor's eyes were close together, or he had a particularly heavy beard growth. It was of its time.
Now, people are more enlightened, and to look at the film in context is to see it as a work of fiction - it is not a documentary, nor is it trying or pretending so to be.
But the idea of a themed ball like this is not a good one, simply because it does throw up the argument about slavery and opression - and there are plenty of non-specific themes, such as the replacement they have chosen, which will not cause any offence to non-white students.
Yes, but as the Civil Rights movement was in its infancy, the makers can perhaps be forgiven for going with stereotypical characters - as all cinema directors did in those days. This was the time when the good cowboy wore a white hat, and the bad guy was usually chosen because the actor's eyes were close together, or he had a particularly heavy beard growth. It was of its time.
Now, people are more enlightened, and to look at the film in context is to see it as a work of fiction - it is not a documentary, nor is it trying or pretending so to be.
But the idea of a themed ball like this is not a good one, simply because it does throw up the argument about slavery and opression - and there are plenty of non-specific themes, such as the replacement they have chosen, which will not cause any offence to non-white students.
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