Monday, March 3, 2008

Rhett Butler's people, by Donald McCaig

If you want to know where Rhett Butler's people came from, make up your own story. This is racist crap. I only read a few pages; if you finish it, please let me know if it gets any better than the comment by a slave to young Rhett: "for a white boy, you was a pretty fair nigger." Back in 1936, when the original Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell was published, the narrative can be viewed in the context of the cultural atmosphere of the time, but there is no excuse for continuing this type of hurtful garbage.

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