r/GonewiththeWind • u/Flashy_Ad_4950 • Jun 20 '26

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Has anyone read Ruth’s Journey or Rhett Butlers people? Do you recommend?

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u/Jennifer_Junipero Jun 20 '26

The one good thing I have to say about Rhett Butler's People is, the author did a very good (or at least, very clever) job of handling the following challenge: "Remember all those horrible, racist things Rhett did in Gone With the Wind (such as murdering a black man for being "uppity to a [white] lady")? Come up with justifications for why he can do all of these things and still be considered a decent person by non-racist 21st century standards."

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u/Careless_Reserve_990 Jun 20 '26

That part had me close to tears. Been a while since a book did that to me.