Gone with the wind

Mitchell depicts slavery in Gone with the Wind from the viewpoint of Southern plantation owners. She portrays domestic slaves like Mammy and Pork as loyal and loving helpers that the whites care for as members of their own families. In the movie, every owner shows kindness to every slave.

The narrator and the characters simultaneously refer to black people as "trashy," "insolent," and "creatures of limited intelligence" once the slaves are released, despite the fact that certain admirable characters, Ashley and Frank among them, despise slavery. Black people are frequently likened to dogs and monkeys and portrayed as being either slaves or free.

All of the former Confederates in Scarlett's social circle are members of the Ku Klux Klan, and Tony Fontaine and Rhett both kill a black man without any regret or shame. Mitchell depicts the horrific treatment of liberated slaves in a historically correct manner, but she portrays an incredibly exaggerated picture of how slaves were handled before freedom.

Although some white owners gave their slaves good treatment, the widespread maltreatment of slaves in the South is well known.

The characters' disgust for freed slaves can be seen as a genuine portrayal of racism during the Civil War, but the narrator's bigotry toward black people cannot be so readily ignored.

Scarlett O’Hara is a strong and resilient woman. Life throws everything but the kitchen sink at Scarlett, and yet, she somehow manages to survive and live to fight another day. She rebuilds Tara after the devastation of war and becomes a businesswoman despite living in a traditional society. She has a strong will to survive and is determined to succeed despite obstacles. This seems parallel to women fighting for equality in the workplace today.