Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn

[sodthisforfun]

When I lived in Cape Town in the early eighties, they had an annual event called the Coon Carnival. Nobody complained about it and it was celebrated in all the papers. A bit like our Notting Hill carnival from what I remember.

Which was under apartheid.
It's since been renamed because it's was deemed derogatory. Times change, things move on.

 

[Munroast]

No. 617 Squadron will need removed from history and a calculation made as to how that could affect the outcome of the second world war, it may end up a German victory.

 

[sodthisforfun]

Let's bring back Love thy neighbour and Til death do us part so you can all watch it while eating your dinner - keep you all happy!

 

[sodthisforfun]

I'm relieved now that I managed to pick up a copy of 'In the heat of the night' last year, an all time classic film, thought provoking, and shows how far we've advanced.

Yes, great film. Had it on iplayer not so long ago and I watched it then.
It is good to see how well we've advanced, though some people still don't like it when it happens. Shame.

 

[Deleted2797112]

Let's bring back Love thy neighbour and Til death do us part so you can all watch it while eating your dinner - keep you all happy!

You forgot the Black and White Minstrels and the Robertson's Gollywog.

Still, Ant & Dec have removed some of their 'offensive' footage and issued an apology. Every cloud, eh?

 

[Tigercubrider]

The film features the KKK saving the day
There were deliberately no black characters on the posters of the day
The black cast were not permitted to go to the whites only party
No black cast were allowed at the Atlanta premiere
Hattie McDaniel won an oscar, and was allowed (after some of the white cast insisted) to be at the ceremony- but had to sit on a special table at the back

 

[Deleted2797112]

The film features the KKK saving the day
There were deliberately no black characters on the posters of the day
The black cast were not permitted to go to the whites only party
No black cast were allowed at the Atlanta premiere
Hattie McDaniel won an oscar, and was allowed (after some of the white cast insisted) to be at the ceremony- but had to sit on a special table at the back

So? The book was published in 1936 and the film released in 1939. The world has moved on, with the exception of a minority who want to dwell on it and use it as a stick to beat others

 

[Notch7]

No. 617 Squadron will need removed from history and a calculation made as to how that could affect the outcome of the second world war, it may end up a German victory.

more appeal to extremes.

clearly all those trying to come up with reasons to argue against these protests don't have a valid argument, which is why almost every post is a logical fallacy.

 

[Notch7]

The world has moved on

yes, these protests are trying to get society to move on as well -so that people are treated equally.

with the exception of a minority who want to dwell on it and use it as a stick to beat others

no they dont.

the minority are trying to get equality, they arent using it as a stick to beat others.

 

[IT Minion]

So? The book was published in 1936 and the film released in 1939. The world has moved on, with the exception of a minority who want to dwell on it and use it as a stick to beat others

And at the time people were pointing out how backwards and openly racist it was. This isn't a sudden realisation about gone with the wind, it's just something that's been racist from its birth is being acknowledged at last by enough people, rather than those uppity minorities.

 

[mattylad]

Slavery was abolished over 200 years ago, not by black people but abolished by white people.
Yet the blacks still harp on about it as if it is still happening.

Well, actually it is, there are Africans (or countries around there) that are still enslaving people, India does it a lot too ISTR.
Pot, kettle,....

While I won't miss the film, I do think its a pity, daft and blooming stupid.
Little Britain too.

 

[sodthisforfun]

Slavery was abolished over 200 years ago, not by black people but abolished by white people.
Yet the blacks still harp on about it as if it is still happening.

Well, actually it is, there are Africans (or countries around there) that are still enslaving people, India does it a lot too ISTR.
Pot, kettle,....

While I won't miss the film, I do think its a pity, daft and blooming stupid.
Little Britain too.

The blacks?

You mean black people... *sigh*

You sound like Donald Trump.

 

[gasbanni]

Why is it that socialists always want to rewrite history?

It's because essentially they are lacking intelligence but believe their views show them to be more intelligent and morally superior than anyone who disagrees with
them. A bit like Nazi's.
Have you noticed how it's the left who seem to have upper hand when it comes to just being horribly nasty ?

 

[IT Minion]

Rewriting history is what historians do. Most of them are educated and thus lefties. Done!

 

[Bodd]

Airbrushed out...Or dubbed to Lassie.Unless the Germans ban the film.

I see it last year and not brushed out