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You will need to back that up with substantive matter in order to earn any form of credibility in this regard, kiddo.

That's ok with me. However, it is clear that you cannot see what is so obviously stated by the author. There are repeated uses of the term "by God", "my God" the Angel Gabriel, and many other...

p 639 ~ Scarlett agreed ... "Free darkies are certainly worthless ... you can't depend on darkies anymore ... The more I see of emancipation the more criminal I think it is. It's just ruined the...

Lest I forget, Scarlett is also a blatant racist:


How dared they laugh, the black apes! How dared they grin at her, Scarlett O'Hara of Tara! She'd like to have them all whipped until the blood...

It's difficult not to call her a sexist. After all her hatred for Captain Butler, she resolves to marry him in order to get his money. She does not give a single thought for his welfare, only for...

I should add some amplification on this: at the time Uncle Tom's Cabin ((1852) was written many anti-abolitionist novels were written to counter its teachings on the inhumanity of slavery. These...

Well, I didn't. So by your standards that let's me off the hook.

As for understanding the bible, it is superior to that of most preachers. If you find anything wrong with my interpretation, show...

I have always had that fantasy and recommend the following Twilight Zone episode:


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_and_Teresa_Golowitz


The original story was written by Parke Godwin who...

Am now up to about page 530 and have been looking for passages that may be construed as "racist". Up to now I have not found any which may have declared that slavery was somehow a "good" thing or...

Interesting choice of words. Re proper roles, it will be recalled that Scarlett and her crowd are all professing Christians (she makes repeated avowals like "as God is my witness"). As such they are...

With all that in mind, how we look at things change. As an example, when have you ever seen the word "sexist" used against Miss Scarlett? Despite the fact that such a term is clearly warranted, I...

^ Thanks for that excellent link.



I recently attended two high school baseball games and was quite pleased to see that students are still reading Brothers Karamazov and Huckleberry Finn. As...

Tara's Theme was used in the old "Million Dollar Movie" in NYC back in the day:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPTQRmwCOWs


What memories it brings back to me and the commentators there.

^ nice comment


Haven't gotten to it as of yet but IIRC from past accounts, the KKK was presented as being heroes (at least to some extent) in the book. I believe that this was the principle...

Quote:

There is never but one reason for war. And that is money.


~Captain Rhett Butler



Ch 12, page 231

In the narrative, writer Mitchell reveals that proper Southern gentlemen referred to ladies by their first names preceded by the title Miss. Frankly, I thought that this was a practice done only in...

I did thumb through the early posts but did not find any concrete determination or consensus on the issue I raised. Suffice it to say no on here found it rampantly racist which is my view (for now). ...

@bounty and others ...


I hope this is not a dumb question but I'll give it a go anyways:

In this or in the dormant threads about GWTW did the issue of Is this a racist novel? come up? was...

Just a bit more on Butler ~ he was also described in Ch 8 as "swarthy and piratical" looking. In those days as part of the then existing stereotype, Jews were said to be the greatest pirates of the...

EXCELLENT article! Thanks for posting the link which should be read by all.

Yes, I agree 100% with your highly insightful definition of stereotype.

As for the book, indeed, I am enjoying. Am...

Am on Ch 6 where Rhett Butler is introduced. Once again, I was struck by a possible allusion to the oft repeated Jewish Question.

All throughout the book repeated stereotypical matters are...

Outstanding book and there's also a great documentary that covers the same matter.

I've decided to read Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell. Will read as much as I can and follow along on...

Very kind of you to say that.

Went to the chiropractor and he asked whether I do any of the exercises he recommended. Alas, I told him, every time I try to do any the pain comes back and gets...

I do just a little bit of yoga every day, especially the breathing exercises but not much else. It's just too painful to do anything else darn it.

^Good quote above. But what a remarkable contrast between the famous quality of mercy speech and the ill treatment accorded to poor Shylock. He sure could have used of that "mercy".