But the only black writers favored today are generally incompetent PC misfits and liars. So the 'black perspective' would be that filtered by Communism, Islam or a Jesse Jackson-leaning 'Protestantism', and a dependency upon assorted wealthy whites of the Dem Party.
Mitchell's work, on the other hand, came from family knowledge and a life in the south not THAT far removed from the old plantation days. Certainly, the perspective of someone honestly oppressed under American slavery would differ on many key points. But are there even the black authors to produce such a work, today, whose words could be believed? Now, on the other hand, if one speaks of those black authors and editorialists who are pilloried by the black left, by the black Dem, then perhaps they could author such a work AND be believed. Perhaps some already have?
True enough,most Black writers of today would drag their biases into the picture and produce a distortion of what really happened.That would be just as invalid as someone from the plantation aristocracy presenting their world view as the ultimate truth.
I think reading some of the slave narratives of the time are very enlightening.What struck me was that not only did the slaves and the Freedmen rail against slavery but they didn't seem to think too much of their fellow blacks,whom they referred to in terms of the "N" word.I was also taken aback by how common it was for slave women to give birth to their master's kids.It seemed to be de riguer for the times.As well as the strage affection many slaves felt for their masters.
It seems like a very paradoxical society that everyone from the most fervent white supremist to the most militant black could find some comfort in.
GWTW is a definitive account of the Civil War from the point of view of the Southern planter class. Historians will tell you that there are almost no errors in the book (as far as how people lived, what they wore, how they worked, played and ate). It is responsible for inspiring many people to become scholars and teachers of the War.
It is also a hell of a good tale. Luckily, I collect copies of it as a hobby, so when they start banning or burning it, I'll still have mine.