In 1989, Spike Lee released the film Do The Right Thing. At the time, this movie was a huge surprise to many audience members because it showed the true racial tensions and racial issues that were happening in the United States. One example of a racial incident that happened was at Howard Beach in 1986, where a group of black men were chased by a group of white men and in result a black man was killed by running across a highway and getting hit. This is one example of violence in the 80’s that Spike Lee touched on, although his movie was released over 25 years ago we still feel and see many of the same racial tensions today. All over the United States, racial issues are still present, some examples are: in the work environment, the education
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Martin Luther King Jr states that “... Violence is immoral because it thrives on hatred rather than love. It destroys a community and makes brotherhood impossible. It leaves society in monologue rather than dialogue. Violence ends by defeating itself. It creates bitterness in the survivors and brutality in the destroyers.” (Martin Luther King Jr). In Do The Right Thing Spike Lee shows how violence ruins a community through the destruction of Sal’s Pizzeria. This incident shows Spikes Lee’s support about how violence ruins a community because Sal’s was a place that everyone in the community enjoyed and everyone in the community grew up eating Sal’s pizza. So when Sal’s is destroyed so is a huge part of the community all due to the violence that erupted. At Vanity Fair in 2014, Jordan Riefe was able to speak to Spike Lee about his movie Do The Right Thing where Spike Lee stated “I’m not saying people should tear shit up cause most of the time black people do that, they do it in their own neighborhoods and things never get built up again” (Lee). This statement by Spike Lee really displays his views on violence destroying a community, he says that “things never get built up again” which really emphasizes how violence will ruin a community and that once violence touches a community it will never be able to prosper
Martin Luther King Jr states that “... Violence is immoral because it thrives on hatred rather than love. It destroys a community and makes brotherhood impossible. It leaves society in monologue rather than dialogue. Violence ends by defeating itself. It creates bitterness in the survivors and brutality in the destroyers.” (Martin Luther King Jr). In Do The Right Thing Spike Lee shows how violence ruins a community through the destruction of Sal’s Pizzeria. This incident shows Spikes Lee’s support about how violence ruins a community because Sal’s was a place that everyone in the community enjoyed and everyone in the community grew up eating Sal’s pizza. So when Sal’s is destroyed so is a huge part of the community all due to the violence that erupted. At Vanity Fair in 2014, Jordan Riefe was able to speak to Spike Lee about his movie Do The Right Thing where Spike Lee stated “I’m not saying people should tear shit up cause most of the time black people do that, they do it in their own neighborhoods and things never get built up again” (Lee). This statement by Spike Lee really displays his views on violence destroying a community, he says that “things never get built up again” which really emphasizes how violence will ruin a community and that once violence touches a community it will never be able to prosper