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However this also doesnt explain why the elite Old South Families never had poorer "white trash" slaves as well. (Then again, maybe they did and we just didn't see them.) One also must account for the fact that in the GWTW timeline, "poor whites" seem to be held in far greater contempt than blacks. The overall attitude of whites toward blacks, particuarly among the well-to-do, is one of kindly paternalism, and whites of Scarlett's class are often heard praising blacks for various attributes or actions. They NEVER appear to speak well of "white trash". Slaves - certainly "house" slaves or slaves with a particular trade or skill - do appear to rank distinctly higher in the social scale than poor whites.
 
Oddly enough it also appears that [[What Happened to Thethe Mouse?|Native Americans]] dont seem to exist (were they all killed off? (although technically that would be [[Complete Monster|worse then what is/was being done to the stories African-Americans]]) was this version/realities America just empty? with only animals for a native population?) their never mentioned or even referred to as if they simply don't exist. (although many of the works of [[Mark Twain]] taking place in the South in the same era frequently have or mentions American Indian characters).
 
* [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail_of_Tears:Trail of Tears|Trail of Tears]], duh!!! And Twain's stories took place much farther west.
 
Actually, in the book it is mentioned that Scarlett's grandmother lived in a 'wilder time' and the Robillards were subject to Creek Indian attacks.
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* This makes so much sense it's horrifying.
* In the 1941 book ''The Mask of Sanity'', psychiatrist Hervey Cleckley presented Scarlett as a fictional example of a "partial psychopath". He said in part:
{{quote| ''Scarlett O'Hara, in my opinion, is a very convincing figure and really shows some of the emotional impoverishment described here in the patients presented as partial psychopaths. Her incapacity for a true commitment in love is apparently unmodifiable; her egocentricity is basic. She seems to be without means of understanding the strong emotions in those about her or of having adequate awareness of what makes them act when they act in accordance with principles they value. Unlike the complete psychopath, she successfully pursues ends that lead to her material well-being and she avoids putting herself in positions of obvious folly and shame. In her, however, we sense an inward hollowness and a serious lack of insight.''}}
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