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George, if you contend that DTRT is racist because it presents most people as being prejudiced, and that you believe that to be false... then we will not ever see eye to eye on this. Most people ARE racially prejudiced in some way. It doesn't make them evil or racist. But most people make...

Whoa, Brook deleted his post :frowning:

This is kind of rambling all over the place, hope it makes sense to someone:

Should also keep in mind that the movie is based upon real events (though somewhat loosely).

That's an interesting viewpoint, Richard... I never saw it that way. Here's one place where Spike Lee really screws up: he's said on a number of occasions that people always ask him why did Mookie throw the garbage can, but no one ever asks why did the cops kill Radio Raheem. From this, he...

I'll add more thoughts when I get a chance, but here's two things: 1) Although I disagree with Lee's assessment that Mookie does the right thing, I do not find the movie to be racist. Pessimistic, yes, but not racist. 2) Keep in mind that Spike Lee has a different (and perhaps more...