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thedailyarticle.com. Now here's today's news, discerned differently.

Note from Dr. Jim Denison, I am grateful to my son Ryan Denison for writing the daily article this week while I'm on vacation.

Ryan is a graduate of Baylor University and Truitt Seminary and is completing his doctoral

dissertation in church history at B.H. Carroll Theological Institute. He serves as senior fellow

for theology with our ministry and writes often in my absence. I am certain you will find his

insights to be both biblical and practical. HBO Max recently announced that they would

temporarily remove Gone with the Wind from its offerings in response to recent backlash over its portrayal of life in the Antebellum South.

The film, despite its status as a classic, has also served as a lightning rod for accusations of ignoring the evils of slavery and glorifying racial discrimination.

A spokesperson for the company justified their decision with the argument that Gone with the Wind

is a product of its time and depicts some of the ethnic and racial prejudices that have, unfortunately, been commonplace in American society.

These racist depictions were wrong then and are wrong today, and we felt that to keep this

title up without an explanation and a denouncement of those depictions was irresponsible.

HBO will offer the film again when they can pair it with a

discussion of the story's historical context, though the movie itself will not be changed. As the

spokesperson noted, to do otherwise would be the same as claiming these prejudices never existed.

If we are to create a more just, equitable, and inclusive future,

we must first acknowledge and understand our history. Regardless of whether or not you agree with

HBO's decision, they did at least get one thing right. Ignoring history doesn't change what

happened. It just makes us more likely to repeat it.

One of recent history's most important lessons is that what we see in films on TV or consume via

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