Some would, no doubt. Others would just use that fact as reinforcement for their belief that they aren’t racist, I think.
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That didn’t sound right to me. This is what I had heard before: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/oscars-first-black-winner-accepted-774335
"but to a small table set against a far wall, where she took a seat with her escort, F.P. Yober, and her white agent, William Meiklejohn. With the hotel’s strict no-blacks policy, Selznick had to call in a special favor just to have McDaniel allowed into the building "
So according to this, she was there and gave an acceptance speech. So which version is true?
True, I shouldn’t talk about Trumpkins as if they’re a monolithic block in their thinking.
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OH. Of course, Hollywood was magnanimous enough to allow a black woman into a segregated place to accept a trophy for playing into a racial stereotype… Clearly at the forefront of the struggle for racial justice… /s
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It’s frustrating, but there is some sector of his supporters who really believe that they aren’t racist and that these policies they support aren’t primarily designed to impact communities of color. Some are openly racist (Spencer, Proud Boys, et al), but some seriously lean into the belief that programs aimed at ending institutional racism are harmful and damaging. To be fair, I think the latter are far more problematic than the former.
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Holy shithawks. I…I have no words for that.
Confusion, embarrassment, shame and intense rage, all as one feeling
Didn’t say it wasn’t bullshit, just looking for clarification of what I thought was fact.
My bad; I should have clarified that I meant she wasn’t allowed to sit among her White costars.
Didn’t think I needed to make that distinction, but fuck it; being right is what really matters here.
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And the character she played was essentially an empty vessel with no thought or ambition of her own beyond serving as a selfless maternal figure to the film’s white protagonists, thus providing affirmation to those who saw nothing inherently wrong with the institution of slavery. (To be clear, this isn’t a critique of Hattie McDaniel but a critique of what parts were available to people of color in 1939.)
And her win was STILL trotted out by a bunch of self-congratulatory academy folks as proof of how dang progressive they all were in the glorious post-racial society of 1940 America.
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It’s just one of three negative stereotypes used to denigrate Black women in America; Mammy, Jezebel, and Sapphire.
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For those who don’t want to subscribe (yet?) to the WP site; the WP story is also here… and the story is a hoot:
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Or that it’s a movie that shows the South getting burned down in the Civil War,.
I’ve been saying this for some time now. The creative types behind House of Cards, Veep, Madam Secretary, etc. must be throwing their hands in frustration. Reality is kicking their asses.
I think I saw Julia Louis-Dreyfus on some talk show mentioning this. Here on Colbert. Half-way through, but the whole interview is worth watching.
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Some people, very fine people, the best people, are saying Donald Trump can’t read. Here’s Sam Bee’s forensic breakdown:
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Oh, FFS! Gone With the Wind was made before Trump was born, nearly everyone involved has died of old age, and it’s just shy of four hours long. Trump is a loutish philistine with the attention span of a goldfish. Does anybody imagine he’s ever even seen this tedious pile of sentimental racist claptrap?
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A handful of 1-star reviews on Amazon:
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South Korea is an ally, the majority of characters in Gone With the Wind were enemies of the United States.
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His point never wavers. “You who come to my rallies are the real Americans - the true folk who deserve all power. All the rest are your, my, and America’s enemies.”
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I thought you were calling the Resident a mad parasite. Good call
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