Spike Lee slams Clint Eastwood for being racist

[Dusty Ayres]

Spike Lee's a racist. he's always dissing white folks for the way they depict black folks, whether or not it's historically accurate.

In this case, as already said and posted, all he wants is for the contributions of Afro-American troops to be shown and/or acknowledged-nothing more, and nothing less. Where did you get the idea that he was a reverse racist? His films have featured whites in them-moreso than that four-eyed cradle-robber Woody Allen ever bothered to try to do with blacks or other people of colour. Eastwood had the opportunity to have black faces in the movie, and to right a historical wrong, and he botched it because of his so-called 'artistic vision'. He should have a historical vision, not an artistic one, and what is shown on the screen is yet another 'whitewash', so to speak.

So, I've read through that link. And I see no part of that link wherein Mister Lee refers to Mister Eastwood as being racist or accuses Mister Eastwood of racism. He criticizes Mister Eastwood for not in his view being sufficiently inclusive of the different American ethnicities that took part in the Battle of Iowa Jima, but that is not the same thing as accusing him of being racist.

Tell me, is there any interview wherein Mister Lee actually accuses Mister Eastwood of being racist, or are you just putting words into his mouth?

Again, all apologies, but that was the way the original story was titled-I should have used a different title. My bad.

 

[LeadHead]

I think this is a touchy subject, but that Spike Lee should be really careful about how he goes about things. He lost all credibility with me when he tried to keep Spike TV from being named as such because he apparently in his mind had total ownership of the name "Spike."

Do I think it was apropriate for the movie to not have a strong presence by African Americans? Honestly, I don't know. I really don't have good enough grasp of history to know whether or not there was a sizable contingent of African American troops involved, thus legitimizing either argument.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

^^^ Read the link I posted on the previous page, there were over 900 black Navy and Marine personnel on the ground at Iwo Jima. And during production no one was asking Eastwood to show a "strong presence" or a "sizable contingent" of black soldiers, just to show some black extras in the background in a scene or two to simply acknowledge that they were there.

Given that it would be both historically accurate and not pandering, I think it was a pretty reasonable request and one that could have been easily satisfied.

I'm waiting for Spike to direct his version of Apollo 13 so we can get the black experience of that historic event.

I admire the way you don't let petty things like the actual content of the article, historical facts, or rational responses get in the way of your little drive-by rants.