Queen Latifah is addressing wanting “Gone With The Wind” removed from streaming platforms due to the depicted racism in the film.
In an interview with AP, the actress and singer spoke of HBO temporarily removing the movie. “Let me just hit you with—yeah, ‘Gone with the Wind … let ‘Gone with Wind’ be gone with the wind,” she said.
Referencing Hattie McDaniel’s Best Supporting Actress Oscar win in 1940, Latifah spoke of how she wasn’t even allowed to sit in the auditorium because she was Black.
RELATED: ‘Gone With The Wind’ Pulled From HBO Max Library “Even when she got that Oscar nomination, that Oscar award, they wrote the speech for her, the studio,”Latifah said. “You see this like — she’s crying.
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