One of the reasons that Gone With the Wind has so far survived complete cancellation is because it is wildly popular with black Southern women. They identify STRONGLY with Scarlett O’Hara, who they see as a Strong Black Woman who happens to be white.

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[–]ShalomEveryone 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

So black women see slavery as good? Living in close proximity with white men? Having sex with powerful white men?

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[–]Chipit[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, that's it! Punch down! You show those poor black women who's boss! Let them know their tastes are shameful and wrong!

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

it does explain how they're doing all this stuff with traditional white culture only having black actors, like the black Christmas carol, and bridgerton

[–]jet199 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If you actually know the story the racist jokes go a lot deeper than that.

Scarlet chases her best friend's husband which allows him to play them against each other and make a fool out of her, nothing a black woman would recognise I'm sure.

She steals her own sister's man just because she wants his money, still nothing.

She has 3 kids with 3 different fathers and the book ends with her husband walking out on her, still I can't see why black American women can relate.

[–]jet199 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I've not read the book but I've always viewed Scarlet as an out and out psychopath.

To me that's why it can't be cancelled because rather than being a sweet nostalgic romance as many people assume it's actually an antihero surviving through a corrupt dystopia disintegrating around her.

[–]IkeConn 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Disney tried to get rid of "Song of the South" but you can still get a copy.