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Why is it ok to romanticise slavery ? We know the unspeakable cruelty and brutality and inhumanity it entailed. If you did the same to German Nazis and the Jews in the second world war there would be an outcry. They are comparable.

Yenta Knows It isn't ok to romanticize slavery. This book is dangerous because it mixes a good story and engaging characters with the most blatant, unconscious ra…moreIt isn't ok to romanticize slavery. This book is dangerous because it mixes a good story and engaging characters with the most blatant, unconscious racism possible. Readers --especially young readers -- swallow the romanticizing of slavery along with the rest of the story. I know about the danger to young readers because I was one.(less)

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Gone with the Wind

by Margaret Mitchell

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