Gone With The Wind
Tyler Rust
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Tyler Rust
National Board Certified Teacher | Learning Strategies, Program Design, Education
Indeed the story of Scarlett O'Hara is the story of Manifest Density. The idea that despite the injustices of savage enemies to destroy our way of life, hard working, god-fearing Americans can rise above and succeed through hard work and determination.
It's not a bad story, but it is not history. The problem is that novels like Gone With The Wind become the history many people choose to remember. It is not our history, but this type of white privilege, also better known as willful denial, may actually be the American Historical tradition.
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