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‘Gone With the Wind' and ‘Little Black Sambo' offer lessons for today's America.
Our country's preoccupation with social over-sensitivity and political correctness has wiped out some of our best traditions. No longer living in an age of naive bliss, Americans—and a Western world that largely follows America's lead—must condemn the many classics of literature and entertainment that have been deemed so insensitive to others.
Our country's preoccupation with social over-sensitivity and political correctness has wiped out some of our best traditions. No longer living in an age of naive bliss, Americans—and a Western world that largely follows America's lead—must condemn the many classics of literature and entertainment that have been deemed so insensitive to others.
What that means is that we must erase from our memories the so-called “grave” errors of our parents and forefathers, and much of what were then considered the norms of our world.
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