20 February 2016
Disney's film "Song of the South" Not as racist as thought to be
The film's portrayal of the 19th century South was unrealistic. Although the story took place after the Civil War, portrayal of Blacks was not bad. Until civil rights era, the old South was wrongly portrayed as if Black people were happy serving white people. In that film that was the way they were portrayed. Funny thing was they had friendly relationship with their white family. In the first scene, a Black servant woman sat right next to a white boy facing his parents in a carriage. That woman was played by the same actress who played Mammy in the film "Gone with the wind." However,...