Sunday, March 3, 2019

Spike Lee’s Disservice to Black America


Lloyd Marcus

While 90% of blacks voted for Obama, blacks are only 12% of the U.S. population.  The fact that white America gave horrible black president Obama two terms and the fact that Trump has ushered in an unprecedented new era of prosperity for blacks means nothing to Spike Lee, Samuel L. Jackson, and Oprah.  . . .
"I stopped stomaching the Academy Awards TV show years ago.  I caught Spike Lee’s hate-filled Oscar acceptance speech on YouTube.  I am a black man who is a grateful and proud American.  One could argue that Spike Lee has achieved his $40-million net worth at the expense of his fellow blacks, selling them the lie that America is a hellhole of racism against them.  Lies about America are furthered in most of Lee’s movies: blacks will never be treated fairly; cops shoot blacks on sight; and whitey schemes 24/7, conceiving roadblocks to keep blacks down.

"In his speech, Lee cited that slavery in America began 400 years ago.  And yet, while standing on stage, receiving an Oscar, Lee, a black man, acts as if slavery continues today.  Lee said his grandmother funded his college education.  He said his grandmother was the daughter of a slave and a college graduate.  Doesn’t Spike Lee’s and his grandmother’s success confirm the truth that America is the greatest land of opportunity on the planet for all who choose to go for it?" . . .

I’ve had a problem with Spike Lee’s thinking ever since his breakout movie, Do the Right Thing.  Lee’s movie ends with blacks burning down the business of a white small business–owner in their neighborhood.  The movie implies that this is justified.  I thought, this is wrong.  That white business-owner served that black community.  In his Oscar speech, Lee senselessly told America to “do the right thing” by voting out racist president Trump in 2020 — the best presidential friend of black Americans since Lincoln.

Pastor Darrell Scott Praises President Trump for Making Black History  . . . "Barely reported in the mainstream media (shocking, no?), the president touted the achievements of his administration that benefit all Americans — especially black and Latino Americans, who are experiencing the lowest unemployment rates ever recorded." . . .

                                 
"If you believe the news, today's America is plagued by an epidemic of violent hate crimes.

"But is that really true?

"In Hate Crime Hoax, Professor Wilfred Reilly examines over one hundred widely publicized incidents of so-called hate crimes that never actually happened. With a critical eye and attention to detail, Reilly debunks these fabricated incidents—many of them alleged to have happened on college campuses—and explores why so many Americans are driven to fake hate crimes. We're not experiencing an epidemic of hate crimes, Reilly concludes—but we might be experiencing an unprecedented epidemic of hate crime hoaxes."

From Amazon in New York. Oops...no? I guess not.

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