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I think that it is interesting that Big Sam feels loyalty to Scarlett, even though her family enslaved him. I think the movie is trying to show how good the white people were to their slaves, and as you said, beneficial for blacks, in showing that Sam gladly returns to Tara to serve the O'Haras again.
I like the connection to the Ku Klutz Klan and how you tell of the stereotype of blacks as savages and barbarians by describing the photo of blacks fighting. Moreover, the civil war resulted in lower class resentment of the upper class as evidenced by the portrayal of the shanty town with all of it's violence.
I like how you pointed out the effects of war on a society, and the argument that the poor try and destabilize the wealthy. I also find your analysis of the imagery of Scarlett riding in as an indication of the different social classes at work. I also find it interesting how you pointed out BIG SAM's allegiance to Scarlett, despite his enslavement and now relatively improverished life because of the doings of white people
I like how you point to this insidious version of slavery that Gone With The Wind creates, where blacks feel the need to help and protect their white owners. Also, the fact that the former slaves are outcasts and are clearly struggling show that slaves needed whites and even enjoyed their lives more when enslaved. It is interesting that you pointed out the black and white people working in tandem. To me this shows the complete disruption of the Old South, as the post war situation is so chaotic that social barriers are crossed in order to survive. On a separate note, I don't understand your connection to the KKK. The KKK was interested in harming former slaves and those who supported their cause, but the people Scarlett's husband wants to kill with his gun are simply robbers. They are not people whose focus is supporting blacks, and the KKK was not interested in killing people who robbed whites.
You main point of how Gone With the Wind continuously spews false images about the south fits in nicely with many of the other podcasts. In particular you address the slaves (or more accurately, freed slaves) and how they find comfort and security in the institution of slavery itself, as shown when Big Sam is glad to help Scarlett because he can then leave the poverish shanty town and return to his previous owners. In the scene Julia and I talked about, Ashley uses the word "security" when describing 12 Oaks, and Big Sam's conveyance of basically the same message further addresses the fact that both whites and blacks in Antebellum society enjoyed their situation (or so says the movie).