IN THE WAKE OF GEORGE FLOYD’S
DEATH AND NATIONWIDE PROTESTS,
SOME SAY IT’S TIME FOR IT TO GO.
>> WHAT SHOULD I DO?
>> FRANKLY MY DEAR, I DON’T GIVE
A DAMN.
>> Reporter: THIS MORNING AN
AMERICAN CINEMA CLASSIC "GONE
WITH THE WIND" HAS BEEN
TEMPORARILY PULLED BY HBO MAX.
FOR YEARS THE MOVIE HAS BEEN
CONSIDERED CONTROVERSIAL FOR ITS
DEPICTION OF BLACK PEOPLE AND
GLORIFICATION OF SLAVERY.
IN A STATEMENT, HBO MAX WRITING
IN PART, THESE RACIST DEPICTIONS
WERE WRONG THEN AND ARE WRONG
TODAY.
AND KEEPING THIS TITLE UP
WITHOUT AN EXPLANATION AND
DENOUNCEMENT OF THOSE DEPICTIONS
WOULD BE IRRESPONSIBLE.
ADDING THE FILM WILL RETURN WITH
THE DISCUSSION OF ITS HISTORICAL
CONTEXT AND A DENOUNCEMENT OF
THOSE VERY DEPICTIONS.
>> I AIM FOR YOU TO GO TO MR.
JOHN WILKINSON’S.
>> Reporter: THE MOVE COMES IN
THE WAKE OF NATIONWIDE PROTESTS
OVER THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD
AND INCREASED CALLS TO END
SYSTEMIC RACISM.
ON TUESDAY OSCAR WINNER JOHN
RIDLEY, THE SCREEN WRITER OF "12
YEARS A SLAVE" PUBLISHED AN
OP-ED IN THE L.A. TIMES CALLING
FOR THE FILM’S REMOVAL WRITING,
IT IS A FILM THAT WHEN IT IS NOT
IGNORING THE HORRORS OF SLAVERY
PAUSES ONLY TO PERPETUATE SOME
OF THE MOST PAINFUL STEREOTYPES
OF PEOPLE OF COLOR.
>> ONE FEMALE IN CUSTODY.
>> Reporter: IT COMES AS OTHER
NETWORKS ARE PULLING CONTENT
AMID THE PROTESTS.
"COPS" HAS BEEN PERMANENTLY
DROPPED AFTER 30 YEARS ON THE
AIR.
WHILE "LIVE PD" IS REMOVED EDD F
NOW.
SAYING IT’S OUT OF RESPECT FOR
FAMILIES OF GEORGE FLOYD AND
OTHERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES.
AND IN THE FITNESS INDUSTRY, A
SHOCKING RESIGNATION.
CROSSFIT CEO GREG GLASSMAN
STEPPING DOWN AFTER TWEETS ABOUT
FLOYD SPARKED BACKLASH.
IN ONE TWEET HE SAID FLOYD-19.
IN A STATEMENT, GLASSMAN SAYING
HE MADE A MISTAKE WRITING IN
PART, I CREATED A RIFT IN THE
CROSSFIT COMMUNITY AND
UNINTENTIONALLY HURT MANY OF ITS
MEMBERS.
GLASSMAN ALSO SAYING THAT HE
MADE A MISTAKE IN THE WORDS HE
CHOSE ADDING HE IS NOT RACIST.
MEANTIME IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS,
BUBBA WALLACE, NASCAR’S ONLY
FULL-TIME DRIVER IS PUSHING FOR
CONFEDERATE FLAGS TO BE REMOVED
FROM ALL NASCAR TRACKS SAYING
THERE’S GOING TO BE A LOT OF
ANGRY PEOPLE WHO CARRY THOSE
FLAGS PROUDLY BUT IT’S TIME FOR
CHANGE.
>> BUBBA ALSO SAYING HE’S GOING