The Horrific Bigotry Endured by This 'Gone with the Wind' Star

[@vbs4257]

Clark Gable refused to attend the premiere of the film, because Hattie McDaniel wasn't allowed. She talked him into going.

[@adithalee8660]

That’s bc he was partially black from what I heard.

[@dianavivaldi4503]

@@adithalee8660 I Heard that too, and now I can see he is not that white.

[@sophiawilson8696]

@@adithalee8660 No way

[@sophiawilson8696]

@p a He was white man.

[@bush-b5330]

@Dawn Somerville you for forgot the Australian aborigines

[@gerardblack6859]

Gable stuck up for Hattie McDaniel much to his credit.

[@bradyryan5105]

Yes he did. He was a true gentleman

[@brandonlynn1814]

Gerard Black Gable was so handsome. Wish he were alive now

[@edwardcochran5060]

THEY WERE FRIENDS, THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR. HE WAS, LIKE HER, A REAL HUMANBEING. AMERICA, THE BEAUTIFUL, GOD SHEDS HIS GRACE ON THEE....

[@jaycobbina9529]

He was black .

[@mymothersdiva]

@@jaycobbina9529 He was mixed. But you know they don't want to admit that 🙄.

[@Arpege92]

They should do a movie about Hattie McDaniel....Octavia Spencer would be excellent as Hattie.

[@LRB04]

Once said the same thing.

[@cactusjack2264]

That’d be perfect!

[@strawberriesncandii]

Yeah that’s a great choice.

[@lnl3237]

Holly1992 Hoping the dropping of GWTW from HBO will bring attention to this incredible actress and her place in the history of advancing the civil rights of black Americans. May the indignities she suffered not go for naught.

[@quinnmorgendorffer8435]

👏👏👏👏

[@crazycatlady2271]

Hattie McDanial one of the Best actresses...deserved way better treatment!

[@ashleysmith8402]

Her and Dorothy dandrige were both treated unfairly because of racist laws at the time.

[@jetcitysinatra7300]

Hattie got a best supporting oscar I was told. That is the first Supporting Oscar.

[@mustangsally5051]

@@ashleysmith8402 ...i feel terrible!!!!.. why were they treated so bad??.. i dont understand the raciste games...i don't want to see this hate for other races..they are people and bleed red like everyone!!(

[@mgeek1]

And can you believe that Hattie McDaniel's Oscar plaque was donated to Howard University after her death and they managed to "lose" it? It hasn't been seen in years.

[@jetcitysinatra7300]

@@mgeek1 Someone took it home I bet.

[@MiamiPush2theLimit]

Hattie used to host Sunday dinners at her home in Hollywood. Many other stars such as Clark Gable were regular guests there.

[@danielemoura1983]

Really? Thanks for the info...I didn't know this...

[@josegil1772]

And also lavish parties, I wish I could've gone to one.....

[@mgeek1]

Gable always showed up for her parties. He knew who to party with. And I hear that Miss Hattie had a wicked sense of humor and could turn a phrase.

[@doncnunez6231]

Yeah, but did they invite her to their parties or homes??? I don't think so! SMH!

[@vcp365]

Not to get partisan, but I wonder if him being Republican had to do with him being a bit more open minded? Because supposedly it was the Democrats that tended to be more racist back then, no? 🤔

[@Shy-xm4kn]

I remember reading Clark Gable was infuriated by the segregated bathrooms for the cast, he demanded they all use the same bathrooms or he would quit the film.

[@sweetlohlah]

This just shows that some people are, by very nature, good and kind hearted. Even at a time where systemic racism and oppressions of the highest levels was normalised to the extent that people didn't see anything wrong in it, there were people like him who did not allow themselves to be swallowed by what was 'normal' and recognized evil for what it was even back then amidst the general acceptance of such cruel acts of injustice and hate. Hats off!

[@bigh9884]

I don't think no one was listening.

[@blankeyed67]

Clark was an abusive husband, but he grew up in poverty, which is why he must've felt deep empathy for Hattie.

[@ellisjames7192]

I do not believe that at all. Sorry.

[@pinkrose5796]

Hattie McDaniel paved the way for other actors. Can you imagine being at an awards ceremony with Confederate soldiers in the audience?!!! The inequality of pay for her acting, the discrimination she faced in her everyday life, from white people including police?!! Plus she also faced negative comments from other black people for taking the role in Gone with the Wind. She was a strong black woman who set an example to other actors.

[@hermithillfarm1123]

I would have loved to be there with any of them including the Confederate soldiers.

[@MizzKru]

Right! She deserves the up most respect. Imagine having to sit away from the cast and had to be hidden. My God! Change will come in totality soon

[@gpan62]

The premier of Gone With the Wind was in Atlanta. That's where the confederates, I mean traitors were. The awards ceremony was back in Los Angeles.

[@lynn5490]

Aren't you glad you live in a Country that is willing to look at their mistakes and take action to rectify them?

[@lynn5490]

@Szilvia X neither. But I don't live my life hating my country or living as a victim.

[@starcrib]

Sickening then...Sickening now. What a marvelous woman Hattie was.

[@arbresistance]

Well. She got an Oscar. People applauded her. She was deeply moved and happy to get this Oscar. She did many movies and had the chance to live from her craft. Not all actors can do that. Sorry, but it is quite good for a very racist society

[@jancoo2029]

@@arbresistance go away, just go away. You seem to think we should discard her mistreatment because some good came off it, she earned whatever good came of it, open your eyes.

[@jancoo2029]

I thought HBO said they will return it with a disclaimer and DVDs are still available.

[@SmartRobot-wc2fb]

@@jancoo2029 Don't waste your time responding to bigots/white supremacists...they'll have their time on judgement day...but you can be very useful by going to the polls this next November and have your say to defeat the biggest monster of them all...

[@pinky-ud1rt]

Amen

[@osheafernandes8031]

Hattie MacDaniel, such a beautiful and strong woman. You can see the humility in her heart.

[@jottaz144]

Definetly not beautiful. Worst form of praising is lying.

[@lovejoypeacepatience]

jottazJust because she's not beautiful to you doesn't mean she isn't to others. I see beauty. Beauty can't only be what the media convinces you it is. She's beautiful to me.

[@jottaz144]

@@lovejoypeacepatience Well, I dont really believe you think she's physically beautiful. I mean, I do feel she's a strong woman and everything, but I feel its really condescending when you start giving compliments that are blatantly untrue, Id prefer to hear compliments I know that are real. Thats my point.

[@jottaz144]

@@lovejoypeacepatience And I think its not the media who dictates whats physically beautiful or not, I think thats wired into your system, its like an instinct.

[@jknvorneb]

@I know it all. I know it all. Good point

[@newblue2468]

Yeah, it was unfair how she was treated but more importantly i'm happy that she opened doors for other races of actress and actors as opposed to being angry about the past, Let her legacy be one of victory over the odds rather than failure under the era's circumstance.

[@bensonhedges479]

Good comment bro

[@mikejones3518]

STILL BIG FACTS

[@damionjwilliams]

She made it possible for BLACK actors and actresses...that's it and you cant dictate how someone channels or handles their anger. Their still doing sh*t like this in Hollywood just not so blatant.

[@steloneil6699]

@@damionjwilliams There you GO!!.... that's RIGHT!!......the UNITED STATES of AMERICA will never!..... I REPEAT!!...... NEVER!!... FULLY reconize US AS HUMAN BEINGS, or SEE US AS HUMAN BEINGS!!!.......THAT GO'S FOR,.....in the land of MAKE-BELIEVE (hollywood), or in ANY OTHER ASPECT of the UNITED STATES!!!.....not in this LIFETIME!!...NO NOT EVER!!....may your soul rest in PEACE, Ms. McDaniel!!

[@aanchal-annaleedeprince5525]

Yes you say right

[@lucianakueker5001]

Clark Gable was a good man he had a heart for black people he stood up for Miss Hattie mcdaniel.

[@bigh9884]

That doesn't mean he had a heart for black people.

[@missmsmrs.7309]

He might have seemed to have a good heart, however... Only God truly knows the heart.

[@terrav6983]

@@bigh9884 Gable was part black himself and was friends with Hattie!

[@lucianakueker5001]

@@bigh9884 well if he didn't like black people he didn't have to do what he did.

[@GameOnRadio1]

TerraVerde this is true you are correct it just came out that he has black ancestry

[@cleasterwilliams4623]

Hattie McDaniel paved the way for other black actors.

[@charlesrast4235]

Lest we forget!

[@JD-fg1nx]

No One Knows : That’s deep 🤔 ,but I think most look at it as being successful.

[@Gemini530]

But all of us are black. So she didn’t.

[@learntospellpeople]

@@Gemini530 what are you talking about?

[@linzierogers5024]

She may have paved the way but those black acors and and actresses who came after her still needed machetes to continue clearing the path. It still has some overgrown weeds

[@toyman81]

Civil War Veterans in 1939, That tells you how young our country really is.

[@Red1Green2Blue3]

And how racist it is AND how slavery wasn't 'that long ago'.

[@patbluetree4636]

@@Red1Green2Blue3 No, how racist it was, comparing then to now is very disengenuous.

[@JonSmith-yq1dw]

Not really It shows linear time of how long 1865 to 1939 was if there was a movie in the UK about the falklands war and there was Veterans there you wouldn't say the same thing about that Maybe your comment would hold a little bit more water if it was the Revolutionary War.

[@Red1Green2Blue3]

@@patbluetree4636 do you know what disenegnuous means? The fact that less than 100 years ago there were people alive who literally fought to keep people enslaved based on the color of their skin shows how racist this country IS.

[@patbluetree4636]

@@Red1Green2Blue3 Do you? Well by your logic Black people 100 years ago, by and large were uneducated , so that means black people today are still ignorant? Or has the Black culture been educated ,changed , grown and bettered itself over time? Do you believe that white people arent capable of the same change or growth? 100 years ago Black men were strung up in the trees for the smallest of slights and many times no slight at all, and you believe that is honestly comparable to how Black men are treated to day? Racism levels today in America are lower than they have ever been and that a fact. You say it as if my grandfather was a racist then I am by default also racist and therefor my country is too. That is simply not the case or even based in reality.

[@genbabez]

Confederate soldiers treated better than Hattie. It’s like the twilight zone. Smdh

[@SmartRobot-wc2fb]

genbabez: Confederate soldiers should've been ALL hanged/executed!

[@user-kp1pz6zv8y]

That's white America for ya

[@kellymorgan917]

That’s america

[@cheeseebun]

yall havent read into the history well then, it isnt black and white theres alot of grey when it comes to the civil war

[@frederickgriffith7004]

Yeah it's just like German Pow's during word war2 were treated better than the African American soldiers.Both of my grandfathers served in tank battalions as quartermasters in the European theater so they experienced the terrible treatment firsthand

[@BunnySlippers82]

I'm glad that Clark Gable stood up for her, but the others should have stood in solidarity too. If they all refused to go in unless Hattie was allowed, there's no doubt that Hattie would have joined the rest of the cast. She should have been allowed to sit with them for the awards show as well.

[@Magnetron33]

It was a sigifigantly different time . By 1939, a large number of people still hadn't gotten over the civil war. Many still haven't

[@Teho231]

It is too bad that there was no solidarity, except for Gable. That was a shame to this country and to Hollywood

[@bigh9884]

They probably didn't want to be blackballed by Hollywood. Blackballed, you get it.

[@missmsmrs.7309]

@@Magnetron33 Times were not so different.... Ppl just prefer to think one way or the other about themselves and about others. I'm 62 years old and I'm told all the time by Racist ppl that they are NOT racist. Why? Because they are so taken-in by their pride, cruelty and self-righteousness that they fail to see it. They're willing to take it to their graves!

[@jaimesenft7944]

Actually, Vivien Leigh and Leslie Howard were both British and completely appalled at the blatant racism in America. They came here for the movie and never really saw much until Clark Gable pointed it out. They simply assumed the black actors would be welcome to the premiere. When Hattie McDaniel died, Vivien Leigh wrote a sweet letter to her family (she was back in England by then), and so did Olivia De Havilland. Both were consummate professionals and known for their impeccable manners.

[@dittedatte8046]

Hattie must have been proud, happy, sad and angry all at the same time. And her tears made me cry too...😢😢😢

[@cactusjack2264]

I’ll never understand how people can be so EVIL and HATEFUL. Must be real empty inside.

[@sandrinebiyiti9875]

😭😭

[@cactusjack2264]

Smurfette Did It has nothing to do with celebrities, because a lot of people around the world are hateful, evil and racist, you don’t need to be famous to be that way.

[@therainbowrhapsody3455]

Nothing. Nonexistence.

[@omokaroojiire]

@@Barbara Rowley You are being a slippery slope!!! No, what you have to ask is, "Who profited' from slavery? It sure wasn't the Africans. The United States and most of the Western nation were built on the back of slaves and you are one of the beneficiaries of slavery!!!

[@ANDEZ]

😢

[@srcoloma]

This is history we should learn from it and not try to erase it as if would just dissapear forever.

[@cats_shall_rise8842]

Sigh. Explain the (I counted three when I rewatched it) layers of racism in the movie? And put them in historical context. I am quite sure most people cannot.

[@tamicablanding]

Try looking at it from the point of view of those in the situation verses your own. It will never be right but you would be even more angry if they refused those roles and white people had to use black face

[@itsquitntimeisrael6519]

That’s what museums are for, as it SHOULD be put in HISTORY BOOKS, & not hidden, in an effort to hide bad hateful behavior.

[@DD-rp2qr]

White actors using blackface have been better- GWTW would then be properly categorized with The Birth of a Nation: great technical film achievement but racist. As it stands now, people argue “at least they got paid” or “one of them won an award”. BTW - interesting how old Confederate soldiers are honored at the premiere ( on film no less) but people want to act like US Slavery was so long ago.

[@finalbossoftheinternet6002]

“Hattie McDanial came back as Oprah Winfrey to get her money” - Paul Mooney

[@EmmaLPeel]

😂😂😂

[@brucebosch9362]

Yep!👍

[@tomhawkinson2162]

Yes!!

[@brendamills9076]

Hah ha

[@manweller1]

🤣🤣🤣

[@diamond13130]

Hattie deserved her win and nothing but the best. What a humble and gracious soul.

[@JaimeGarcia-pe7bj]

Hattie McDaniel played “Mammy” in the movie in such a performance that will live on in history. In the book, Mammy was a real power player at Tzara both before and after the war. Her character was the hardest to cast. Ms. McDaniel was as good as Mammy was in the novel. It’s a shame Selznick had to demand that she be allowed inside to receive her Oscar for best supporting actress.

[@nancydemoss8421]

Did Selznick really "demand" that Ms. McDaniel be allowed to attend the Oscars and be allowed to accept her more than deserved Oscar?????

[@steloneil6699]

@@nancydemoss8421 YES, supposedly Selznick begging the RACIST POWERS-AT-BE is common HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE!!.....wow, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY WE RESIDE IN!!

[@josephjones8648]

The way we treated and is still today treating African Americans makes me sick

[@tyroneshoelace548]

Give it a break, you’ve been handed everything for the past 55 years, when does the whoa poor me ever stop, BET, MISS BLACK AMERICA, Welfare, free college, low score quotas, mandatory diversity and biased test scores instead of best grades for top colleges, your pro players move out into white neighborhoods instead of investing in your own people, but hey they can walk down a white neighborhood without getting shot unlike Newark, Baltimore, Atlanta, Houston, Gary, Camden, Asbury Park, NYC, LA, I could go on forever, people are sick of your so-called poverty, how about stay in school and graduate get a trade school type job or educate and stop having 5 kids when you can’t afford yourself yet, LBJ (Democrats) set you up to fail yet here you still are crying for more, Peace out 👌

[@TrueTruthin66books]

But she got her Oscar!!! because of her excellence in her craft. Her speech was gracious and she ended with God bless. This was a woman of honor and grace that night. Her excellence gave her an opportunity and she used the opportunity to make the world a better place. Jesus said, when He had washed His disciples feet, that in God’s kingdom, the first shall be last and the last shall be first. The content of this woman’s character was shining that night.

[@shebsaturner9737]

Well said 👍🇬🇧

[@bevroberts8440]

That Hattie McDaniel couldn't attend the "Whites Only" premiere of her own movie makes me cry inside.

[@bigh9884]

Only in America

[@georgealexander8661]

Sad..SAD! God made many different colored flowers and different colored people. So what? We would have really lost so much without Hattie McDaniel, Paul Robeson, etc., etc. God love all of them !! 🌹🌹🌹🎀🎀🎀♥️♥️♥️

[@georgealexander8661]

Dear Bev Roberts... Am 91 years old, so have enjoyed Hattie McDaniel, Paul Robeson and many others whose names this old brain cannot recall at this moment. My tears are flowing with yours. God bless you and all those without whom all our lives would have been far less full.

[@ronaldshank7589]

Amen! How in the world can people treat each other like this, simply because of "Skin color"? God created ALL OF US! Some Red, some Black (Brown), some Yellow, and some Caucasian. White people aren't really white...they have a skin pigmentation that is of another color...so why should "White people" be considered to be "White"? Caucasian is the PERFECT word to describe them. Always has been, and always will be!

[@elena-lc4uk]

I'm in my 60's I remember segregation I didn't feel like we were missing anything by not attending white only places. We had a well defined and close kit culture of our own. So dont feel too bad.

[@antonellavitale7264]

The evil of humanity is gonna bring this world down.

[@averyrowan]

The world has always had problems and infact it’s better than it was, so instead of complaining and be grateful you live in a better world than what the world was like before. Thank you.

[@plausibleg.3170]

Demons demand that you remain complicit. But, virtue ask that you resist.

[@jamesbarry6979]

Blacks should move on!

[@PrincessAfrica3]

It is and it will. Judgement is here. And our only hope is Jesus Christ

[@pameladunigan7959]

@@jamesbarry6979 ,No, you should git on and just be gon, NOW GIT...

[@brandyperalez2881]

Everything this woman endured to get where she was. This is how you evolve from the past. Amazing woman.

[@iDelta77]

Ms. Mc Daniel is beautiful inside and out and have such a big heart.

[@j1mmyuk389]

Who’s here after they banned this film?

[@Argonova]

KZbin algorithm really wants me to subconsciously agree with the decision to ban this film, apparently.

[@1sTEfFaniE1]

They didn't ban it, HBO Just removed it from their streaming service with the intention to bring it back later.

[@4knewt505]

How are they honoring Confederate veterans in the parade? Unbelievable

[@MC-wy9rv]

i still don't believe it's racist, it's just from a southerner point of view

[@deborahminter6231]

Well! I liked seeing this video....Segretating her at the Oscars. Really!!!! Really pathetic thing to do.

[@Seekyourtruth777]

Cruel and heart breaking

[@rhondawilliams8155]

What was cruel?

[@matlew1960]

Did you notice on the parade drive by there wasn't a single American Stars and Stripes flag. Just the Confederate Battle flags. How times haven't changed what. Good old Atlanta, Georgia as racist as ever..

[@ripevh7204]

You notice too it's a black & white shot and someone went out of their way to either Photoshop those flags or color then in for reason. Atlanta, GA racist as ever? Where do you experience racism? Call them out ..

[@kiks399]

That's disguting how could they treat someone like that.

[@antoniafaheerty6980]

The fact she couldn't sit with her co stars at the oscars is utterly disgusting!! Hattie McDaniel imo was one of the main characters..this movie is my favourite since I first seen it as a nine year old child with my grandmother about 30 years ago. She gushed over Clark, I gushed over Scarlet, but I never forgot mammy..and her red petticoat..and her amazing scene with Melanie when bonnie died. Im sorry to you Hattie McDaniel that you weren't celebrated the way you should have been, but in 2020 I remember you with such fondness as a 39 year old white irish woman. 💟💟

[@almasahmed4631]

This is disgusting how everyone can sit there and allow her to be treated like that

[@exdoode]

It allowed white people to feel superior, just the way they like to.

[@exdoode]

@Hissam Ullah Really?! I guess that has continued until the present day.

[@kwikky22]

@Kim A Does that make it ok? 40 yrs from now someone will say the same thing to ppl questioning racism in America today, "it was 2020, use your head."

[@paigeiroegbu8683]

Wow!! That’s horrible, she helped them get paid and that’s her pay back!!

[@iijiij]

never in my life can I ever understand hating someone you don't know simply based off their race to the point you can't stand to be around them

[@linzierogers5024]

I am a black octogenarian male who spent the first thirty years of my life, less three years in the US Army, in a segregated by law south and a segregated by understanding rest of America. I lived with and endured such people and their racist beliefs. Believe me when I say that mindset is still with us in today in 2022. It hasn't gone anywhere. It wears a new outfit but it's the same thing. Derrick Bell was right.

[@Rosannasfriend]

well, that's a small fraction of the bigotry she endured, lol. I hope they do a movie of her one day.

[@tomcharleston4982]

She is a hero

[@Groovyliving]

I’m glad she got an Oscar 🙂

[@marydouglass7565]

Hattie McDaniel was my favorite actress in this movie. Its just shameful the way Hollywood treated her. Even in death she was denied.

[@jaygarcia8508]

She broke through barriers & opened so many doors to "All" people of color. She's an absolute icon, legend, & hero ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤❤️

[@lisaaugustin5400]

What ALL people of color there is only one group of people with color BLACK PEOPLE !!!

[@jaygarcia8508]

@@lisaaugustin5400 because of this amazing & iconic actress "All" people of color have been able to work & receive recognition in the film industry. Including Hispanic, Indian/Middle-Eastern, Asian, & many other ppl of color. It all started with her groundbreaking win. So yes she absolutely opened doors to "All" people of color & "All" nationalities.

[@feleciabrown4912]

Don't get rid of this history lest we forget.

[@Gorilla_Jones]

Soooooo, is this when we were "great"?

[@Gorilla_Jones]

@1ns3RtN1ckN4M3 WOTB I'm fully aware, I was being more sarcastic than matter of fact. But thanks for your response.

[@Gorilla_Jones]

@@keithhill6239 LOL, you're funny.

[@Ron1840]

Sadly yes to them. When women and black people "knew their place". There's nothing great about returning to this ugly period.

[@b_uppy]

Just because some sectors, such as *the Democrats* , were lousy, doesn't mean all were. Republicans back then were fighting for, and voting for rights of women and minorities. Pretty sure Trump wasn't endorsing bigoted Democratic policy, nor the allies of them, the KKK. BTW the NRA was in part established to give freed slaves power...

[@EJayMD-11]

To some of them, yeah.

[@ichthus2188]

GOD looks at a man's heart, not their skin color.

[@lindaosborne1617]

Yes He does indeed.

[@choxxxieful]

YES! AMEN!

[@BiG-JuPO1O1]

I will never understand why people hate eachother base off skin color, and different beliefs.

[@woodstockjon420]

🤣🤣🤣🙃

[@demh7823]

People expressing anger over the video and complaining about "identify politics", are not angry of the viciousness and idiocy of our racist past, they're upset to be reminded of it.

[@bradyryan5105]

Nobody alive today is responsible for the racism of that period. No it should not have been that way. I myself wish it hadn't, but Hattie winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress paved the way for people of all colors to be recognized for their talent, thus eventually leading to the abolition of segregation in the early 1970s. Racism isn't as rampant now as it was then. Many alive today didn't suffer the injustices that people like Hattie faced. We can't do anything about what has been done, but we can keep the future from delving back to what it was in 1939. Nobody should suffer those kinds of injustices, and I mean NOBODY.

[@DABIGDAWG001]

The way we "keep the future from delving back to what it was in 1939" is by learning about the past so that we never forget what happened. This country doesn't want to learn from the past, it wants to revert to it.

[@GlennaVan]

@@DABIGDAWG001 No, only a segment of this country wants to revert - there are just as many, hopefully more, working to not let it regress to such stupidity and cruelty. It is disgusting that those same ignorant people don't own up to what was done to the Native people well into the 20th Century for them to be in a position to be so bigoted and cruel.

[@Nobadnewz911]

There are people alive today that lived through Jim Crow...gtfoh

[@steloneil6699]

@@bradyryan5105 No one ALIVE TODAY is responsible for the racism of that period,....... YES, how right you are!!!........ but, ANYONE ALIVE in this PRESENT MOMENT!!,....is MOST!! DEFINITELY RESPONSIBLE!! for CONTINUING WITH THE LEGACY OF HATE and RACIAL BIGOTRY!!.....

[@richardc7869]

When actors won an oscar, they were often offered several big roles following the win, because an oscar winner sells a film. These opportunities were also not available to Hattie.

[@williamsnyder5616]

Backstopy: Gable was good friends with Hattie McDaniel and once he heard she couldn't go to the premiere, he was enraged and was planning on boycotting the event. But Hattie begged him to go for the sake of the fielm.

[@clairesalmonson1588]

i love her. i wish she hadn’t had to struggle with the racism of the time but i’m happy that she still won at least and opened the door for more equality to come

[@bradyryan5105]

True it did, but sadly some people still wanna act like this is still 1939 when they don't get their way

[@pedrocarrillo3831]

I was never aware of what a great person Clark Gable was to stand up for this lady!!!

[@brookegoslin]

I’m so happy that Hattie McDaniel won an Oscar ! It’s incomprehensible and horrid that she or any others were treated that way that the theatre was like that ( whites only ) just horrible . She couldn’t even sit with the rest of the cast . I just can’t wrap my head around that !

[@patriciakehaya6711]

So sad what a beautiful lady

[@kevinjohngoff6276]

Thank you Brooke for your kind words regarding my great-grandaunt, Hattie McDaniel.

[@chandlerwhitchurch9984]

She is so wonderful. I loved her little speech

[@nancydemoss8421]

Bless Ms. McDaniel and may she continue to rest in peace. God is not racist no matter what "some people" may believe and preach to those who are ignorant enough to listen.

[@SalveRegina8]

What a classy woman! God bless her beautiful soul!!!

[@acelaseu235]

How can we ban a movie like "Gone with the Wind" just for the simple fact that it features a black woman as a maid, played by Hattie McDaniel the role that brought her the Oscar. Being the first black woman in history to win an Oscar. In my opinion, it is a big mistake !!.

[@LivingWithCognitiveDissonance]

Hi. The movie has not been banned. HBO's streaming service temporarily stopped streaming it. You can still purchase the movie the same way that you purchase other movies. Edit: Why did you think it was banned?

[@TheMarkanthony5]

Acelas Eu I totally agree with you banning this film is just crazy, Hattie playing a black house keeper, there's nothing wrong with that. My grandmother was white and she was a domestic servant. Banning this film denys Hattie her special place in history

[@jbcali1274]

Confederate veterans that put bullets in American soldiers were guest of honors at the premiere

[@rahsaanephriam48]

I don't believe for one second Hattie was "sitting in the back". She wasn't even allowed in that building until it was time for her to make her way on stage.

[@elhadjiamadoujohnson4166]

Well,...no surprise here.

[@bartsimpson2870]

Right America Land of the free

[@ricardocantoral7672]

The fact that she was so overwhelmed with joy when she was awarded says it all. Don't let adversity get you down.

[@Coloss1.23]

Someone really should make a movie of Ms Hattie McDaniel from her perspective during that time period.

[@alanclark7807]

It says a lot about Miss Hattie that, playing the supporting role of a mammy, and in the presence of actual CSA soldiers, she won an Oscar. Deplorable though that she had to sit separate from her castmates and out of the well-deserved spotlight.

[@stevep5408]

I wasn't aware racism in Hollywood had ended, ever?

[@bradyryan5105]

CNN would have U think that. If racism never ended, Ella Fitzgerald, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, and Donna Summer would be unknown

[@lovejoypeacepatience]

@@bradyryan5105 Wow...you really think racism has ended. Just respectfully curious how people could believe that.

[@bradyryan5105]

@@lovejoypeacepatience racism is very real, but it isn't everywhere. I'm special needs, though I have never experienced racism, I have experienced bigotry. Sadly, society will always be biased.

[@richardmcleod5967]

Hattie McDaniel said that she would rather make $17,000.00 a week or more as an Actress in Hollywood than other work she could do which would pay much less. She lived in a beautiful Home in Los Angeles and enjoyed her life without the cares of want for the rest of her life. She loved the work and the money she was able to make in Hollywood. which was more than most whites or blacks could ever conceive of making at the time. Plus she received the coveted Academy Award which any Hollywood Star of the time would have given anything to have won.

[@mgeek1]

That's why I always laugh whenever I hear someone refer to Hollywood or California as "liberal." To this day, it isn't as liberal as it's made out to be.

[@mirden1953]

Hollywood IS liberal. Full of hypocrites!

[@mgeek1]

@@mirden1953 - No more "full of hypocrites" than anywhere else. But if you're looking for the birthplace of hypocrisy, go to the deep south--red state country. Lots of bible-thumping hypocrites there. I should know. I live in the south.

[@steloneil6699]

CALIFORNIA is ONE of the WORST!! states for an African American to reside in,.... not THE WORST!...... but believe me!!.....One-of- the-WORST!!

[@shayekisitu]

She truly was a national treasure. Bless her beautiful heart and soul.

[@MrYougotcaught]

This is one, amongst many, reasons why it’s hard for me to watch any American movie classics because of the blatant racism at that time

[@MozzieMutant]

Same I rarely watch any Americans films past the 60s.

[@janewwu1063]

The stars of the film could have boycotted the premiere, all standing together.

[@phillipayoung10]

Rasicm in Hollywood absolutely SUCKS!! Back then it SUCKED and today IT SUCKS!! Hattie was happy to recieve that award but was crying that she had to sit WAY in the back!! 😤😤😤

[@bradyryan5105]

Today? So nothing has been done about racism? It doesn't seem as rampant now as it did in 1939

[@josegil1772]

@@bradyryan5105 oh its alive and well, and even more noticeable now that trump is president

[@jottaz144]

Racism is rampant now, however its inverse racism now, cause its white people who are being segregated agains. Now, you cant win anything if you are white before being called out as racist.

[@sazzieb1]

The biggest racist is in the White House.

[@ashley-gisellew8372]

Sazb B funny you say that bc I didn’t see Obama say anything about the hate crimes in 2016.

[@edp2260]

Hattie McDaniel did all right. McDaniel had purchased her white, two-story, seventeen-room house in 1942. The house, located at 2203 South Harvard Boulevard in Los Angeles, included a large living room, dining room, drawing room, den, butler's pantry, kitchen, service porch, library, four bedrooms and a basement. McDaniel had a yearly Hollywood party. Everyone knew that the king of Hollywood, Clark Gable, could always be found at McDaniel's parties.

[@laurawalker546]

What an achievement in that time by Hattie! So deserved and then some

[@JaimeExploring]

Hattie McDaniel was to be buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery yet the owner at that time said No. She's Resting at Angelus Rosedale Cemetery In Los Angeles. The NEW owners of Hollywood Forever have a tribute to Hattie, located in the Garden of Legends location.

[@cameron9119]

Hattie McDaniel was a true heroine. She endured rampant institutionalized racism and still held her head high. The south has come a long way since the release of Gone with the wind.

[@bearx200]

People are a product of their times as time moves on people look back at history learn from it, listen to new voices and change. Some change for the better, some for the worst. We must all strive to do better, most do, but I can assure you history can be harsh. Even the best intentions can be shown inadequate over time. What will you do, learn from those from the past, try to do better or simply judge them.

[@CCJJ160Channels]

I’m glad Sherman burned Atlanta to the ground.

[@aladepollo4833]

Strong woman , to deal with all that; work and make a living and yes - paving the way for those earning millions now.. Not easy in those times. Even now there’s so much murkiness. But not as vivid as then. Much respect .💐💐💐💐

[@mjglover4013]

There should be a Hattie McDaniel statue up today.

[@Malien-xr7ux]

Mammy held the whole movie together. I loved her, she was so wise. Love to quote her , she said “we could give ourselves heirs, get all dressed up like racehorses but we’re just mules in horse harness and we weren’t foolin anybody “! But you know, I believe some families truly did love their (slaves) and if you watch the movie Scarlett really did, even though maybe they didn’t realize how wrong it was because that’s all they ever knew. Especially the kids that were pretty much raised by them. I wish I could go back now and change that mistake but I can’t. Of course I couldn’t because white women or any women really didn’t have any rights then either. 😔

[@yasminbarry7941]

Hattie McDaniel: a trailblazer

[@nancydemoss8421]

I think we're forgetting Butterfly McQueen (Prissy). And GWTW like any other movie from that period (and before and after) relegated to people of color as domestics/slaves.

[@fede2]

The film is surreal. It is extremely well made and even more distrubing in it's moral framing. Well into the XXth century, no less.

[@cincin4515]

Now she's been erased from history completely. So sad.

[@mariahelenatietjen5427]

No . The film will be shown again but with an introduction.

[@rawrbro69]

Wait because the film not on hbo she now completely erased? That’s your logic 😂😂🤣

[@naomiperreira1809]

I hope people realize that with the Oscars even in 1939 the Awards were chosen by counting the number of votes cast by fellow actors and actresses, and other members of the Oscar Guild. Though Hattie may NOT have been allowed to sit at the same table as the White cast of GWTD who were nominated she was definitely invited to be there by Sales. That was back then a huge sign of respect for her by Sales. I disagree with the word horrific in the title of this video. Yes it was shameful in the fact that she wasn't allowed to enter the front door or sit with the White cast members. BUT as I reminded people, the MAJORITY of ALL THOSE actors and actresses, WHITE or NOT colored, VOTED FOR Hattie to receive the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. It's also VERY PLAIN to see in that OLD FILM CLIP after Hattie's name was announced as the winner of that Oscar how TRULY HAPPY that AUDIENCE was for her to have won by the GENUINE SMILES on their faces plus how very hard they were applauding for her. As far as I was taught, those above voting actions by the majority of that audience, and then how they reacted later after she had won the Oscar IS NOT really horrific. Shameful yes. But NOT horrific.

[@sheenestevez6710]

Thank you for uploading this clip, I didn't realize that even a Star of the movie was treated this way, no exceptions for her contribution...keep enlightening us, please.

[@linda10989]

If the entire cast had stood together and said we won't attend the opening unless Hatti is allowed in, you can bet the theater would've changed their rules...what's the point of a premiere if the cast doesn't show up?

[@Hey_its_Koda]

She deserved more. Strong woman to endure that.

[@el7jake]

Selznick and the White cast members should have refused to go into the segregated theatre. Ex

[@alphacharm]

This just made me tear up and angry how they treated her smfh!

[@tikolopez8884]

She got the last laugh in the end. We remember her fondly. Nobody remembers much about the racists and their ilk.

[@deannayoung5311]

No No No😡 Your All Wrong!!!🤥 Hattie McDaniel would be heart broken by what's happening to gone with the wind movie!!! She loved doing this movie She spoke from her heart! She loved her acting career! And they loved her!! Y'all didn't even know her!!!

[@TNTN1977]

This seems like a twisted nightmare

[@hezelgee6012]

Seeing Hattie receiving her award in tears, made me tear up too. Hattie was my favourite actress in this classic movie. I love her expressive face and think she was brilliant! I didn't know until recently how badly some of our most talented and beloved stars were treated simply because of their race?! Such bigotry is reprehensible and beyond understanding. It's good to see that Hattie and many others like her, were able to rise above all of that, and let their true characters shine through. Today's generation have a great example to follow. It was heart warming to discover that Clark Gable remained on side, and that they stayed friends. 💕

[@thomfisher1100]

And, apparently according to recent reports, Hattie is continuing to be a victim, this time the PC crowd has stopped the streaming of GWTW due of its portrayal of events during the Civil War. Shameful that everyone is trying to erase history and with it this woman's great role in the movie. You cannot change the world if you erase and bury the misdeeds of the past. If you do not remember them, you are doomed to repeat them!

[@barbaraallen7164]

Well said.

[@richsing4165]

Thats a lie Germany has barried any form of Nazi's in their country you dont hear people cying about PC and history you just want to see your white supremacist history and flaunt it in peoples faces

[@someone8323]

Something so earnest about this beautiful lady’s speech on how this is the happiest moment in her life. Somehow her genuineness drove me to tears. Saddens me deeply to think about all the difficulties this wonderful woman would’ve faced in that racist society. Hope she’s in peace now.

[@teejay8769]

And none of her co-stars stood up for her. TF?!

[@deborahminter6231]

I believe Clark Gable he was really good friends with her. Her treatment at the Oscars was sickening.

[@davidszakacs6888]

Confederate veterans “guests of honor” plus their flags waving, says it all.

[@Matshidiso_]

How she even won that award in that era is baffling...

[@regworld1167]

@They_Call_Me_ Pebbles Shut up!.. Its a shock a black person even got nominated let alone won. We still have racism in 2020! .... Let alone 80 years ago.

[@damo0078]

I'm surprised they allowed her to win an Oscar too...Such Racism at the time !

[@suenichols6136]

Don't believe these lies they are showing you what THEY want you to see! She starred in an old all black move THANK YOUR LUCKY STARS produced by Warner brothers...don't give me this stuff of black miss treatment through the ages, many have succeeded by hard work and their attitudes. Wise up and red history and get rid of the hate ...it will take you a lot farther!

[@gregorychatman5316]

This hatred today for the Black actors still exist 2020 real talk

[@stebandozer201]

well that's the so called "land of the free and the home of the brave".

[@esdee499]

Little has changed! Blacks still have to beg....for their jobs, fir thrir dignity, for their lives.

[@lyndilee2955]

Wow, what a shame to not be able to sit among the other nominees! Im surprised that they even let her up on stage to accept her award . And then to go back into hiding, thats cruel. Happy for her success, she seemed so touched n grateful!

[@riamoreau4333]

Still Gotta watch Movies from Africa to see my ppl.Waste of time watching most movies no one to identify with they still think we are only maids, gangsters or invisible.

[@EdutainmentSeeker]

Hattie’s elegance, grace and consummately endearing persona reach across the sands of time and, through youtube, pluck at our heartstrings nearly a century later. RIP Hattie. God Bless You. Your voice was and is magic. You were magic.

[@richardwilliams5842]

SADLY little has CHANGED to some degree 🤷

[@prmath]

I guess “Amos and Andy” will be banished next. My favorite....... along with “Sanford and Son”