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posted by martyb on Thursday June 11 2020, @05:44PM   Printer-friendly
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HBO Max Temporarily Removes ‘Gone With the Wind’ From Library

An HBO Max spokesperson says “Gone With the Wind” will eventually return to the platform with a discussion about its historical context and a denouncement of its racist depictions.

On Tuesday, HBO Max removed the 1939 film from its library in the wake of protests over the death of George Floyd.

[...] Upon its release, “Gone With the Wind” broke theater attendance records and was the highest-grossing film of all time to that point. It still holds the record when adjusted for inflation. However, despite being considered one of the greatest films of all time, some film commentators have since criticized its depiction of slavery and Black people.


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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @06:31PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @06:31PM (#1006485)

    Then fight to end it.

    No, man, don't be such a savage!

    You gotta fuck to end it! Fuck the white man's women, have the white man's babies. Mix it up real good, and they won't be able to tell anybody apart.

    Besides, you have to admit, Black is Beautiful!

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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @07:19PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @07:19PM (#1006533)

    I know you're saying that ironically to rile folks up, *Fusty*.

    But I will be glad of the day when everyone is a nice copper-brown. It will eliminate *this particular type* of bigotry.

    Sadly, there will always be bigotry. Which is sad.

    You know what, I'm going to go out and fuck a black girl. Then an asian one. Then a latina. Hopefully we can make some pretty brown babies!

    • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @11:16PM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @11:16PM (#1006650)

      Same color will emininate bigotry? HAHA, is that why Africa countries are so peaceful, because everyone is the same color?
      You think each african country would be celebrating once the big bad colonial whites left each country, but instead they turned on each other and slaughtered each other by the hundreds of thousands.
      Capetown in South Africa became a murderous shithole after apartheid ended. I think it's still the murder capital of the world.
      Rwanda? 1Million tutsies were killed in three months. 1MILLION! 1 FUCKING MILLIONS BLACKS killed by other BLACKS. That doesn't jar you? Then consider this then: it took WWII Germany six years to exterminate 6 million jews. Rwanda would have beaten Hitler's death camps in 1.5 years. So much people of the same skin color getting along.
      Congo.
      Sudan.
      Ugunda (Idi Admin-remember him?)
      Nigeria.
      ..and the list goes on.

      PS: don't forget the friendly blacks in the US. You know, the ones that kill each other at a rate 20x higher than whites kill whites. Mostly in inner-city areas, where very few whites exist or they are in the vast minority-but you'll never hear that on CNN or MSNBC.
      Ya, real peaceful friendly people.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 12 2020, @05:06PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 12 2020, @05:06PM (#1006954)

        India where browns have been mass killing browns for centuries

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 13 2020, @03:48PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 13 2020, @03:48PM (#1007462)

        All done with white finance

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 12 2020, @01:26PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 12 2020, @01:26PM (#1006849)

      What happens if none of them will fuck you because of your skin color?