Gone with the wind

On friday's class we watched a part of the film Gone with the wind. This movie is set around the civil war and the the life of Scarlet O'Hara who is the southern belle during all the ongoing issues going on in the United States during this time period. This film has constantly been on blast for the way the slaves were portrayed. For example, the film makes the slaves seem dumb and helpless. Personally I feel as if I cannot be offended for it is not my place to talk about the suffering of African Americans. I firmly believe that history should not be re written and should be portrayed as unjust and inhumane to make sure history does not repeat itself. Being that the film was made in the 1930's it is normal for people not to be treated equal, censoring this would have made slavery look like it was not a big deal. I do not know how it feels to be systematically oppressed so with that being said I believe that censorship in these certain circumstances to show the evils of slavery.