Some critics complain that studio-era films like Gone with the Wind and Shirley Temple's childhood films (e.g., The Little Colonel) are racist because they ________

A) avoid presenting black characters
B) present black characters in a demeaning way
C) overlook racial difference altogether instead of trying to explore the problems inherent in the United States' racial hierarchy
D) all of the above

B

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A. interpersonal communication; mass media B. mass media; public communication C. broadcasted media; interpersonal communication D. mass media only

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