First there is the interpretation of blacks in the film. Mammy is the faithful servant of Scarlett and her family, she follows her family throughout the war and even stays with them afterwards. What is controversial is that Mammy is viewed as the faithful negro, who was okay with the south’s order of society. The relationship between master and slave also is romanticized. The masters are portrayed as loving people who care dearly for slaves, treating them kindly and with care, because there is a hierarchy, therefore everyone is where they need to belong. There is also a scene in the film where black troops are off to fight Yankees and they aren’t ridiculed or humiliated but praised as they are off to fight the Union, who is trying to destroy society in the South, and they are proud to protect Southern way. Blacks in the film are shown as happy goers, who love the society in which they live and have establish a bond between whites and themselves.
