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Topic: Spike Lee Doesn't Like Whites in His Hood
InvictusV Joined Sun 11/23/08 Posts: 5282	Thu 02/27/14 08:03 AM
FORT GREENE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Spike Lee had some harsh words for whites moving into predominantly black neighborhoods in New York City while speaking at a Black History Month lecture at Pratt Institute on Tuesday. As 1010 WINS Carol DAuria reported Wednesday, the director and Brooklyn native said that white newcomers to neighborhoods like Fort Greene and Bedford-Stuyvesant are doing the wrong things. Lee told the audience that while hes all for democracy, he doesnt like that whites are trying to impose their standards and wealthy ideas on everyone and everything, DAuria reported. According to Lee, with white gentrification comes disruption. The entire rant was transcribed by New York magazine. Heres an excerpt: Heres the thing: I grew up here in Fort Greene. I grew up here in New York. Its changed. And why does it take an influx of white New Yorkers in the south Bronx, in Harlem, in Bed Stuy, in Crown Heights for the facilities to get better? The garbage wasn’t picked up every (expletive) day when I was living in 165 Washington Park. P.S. 20 was not good. P.S. 11. Rothschild 294. The police werent around. When you see white mothers pushing their babies in strollers, three oclock in the morning on 125th Street, that must tell you something. http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/02/26/spike-lees-comments-on-nyc-gentrification-sparks-debate-in-fort-greene/

Sojourning_Soul Joined Fri 02/13/09 Posts: 10767	Thu 02/27/14 08:21 AM
FORT GREENE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Spike Lee had some harsh words for whites moving into predominantly black neighborhoods in New York City while speaking at a Black History Month lecture at Pratt Institute on Tuesday. As 1010 WINS Carol DAuria reported Wednesday, the director and Brooklyn native said that white newcomers to neighborhoods like Fort Greene and Bedford-Stuyvesant are doing the wrong things. Lee told the audience that while hes all for democracy, he doesnt like that whites are trying to impose their standards and wealthy ideas on everyone and everything, DAuria reported. According to Lee, with white gentrification comes disruption. The entire rant was transcribed by New York magazine. Heres an excerpt: Heres the thing: I grew up here in Fort Greene. I grew up here in New York. Its changed. And why does it take an influx of white New Yorkers in the south Bronx, in Harlem, in Bed Stuy, in Crown Heights for the facilities to get better? The garbage wasn’t picked up every (expletive) day when I was living in 165 Washington Park. P.S. 20 was not good. P.S. 11. Rothschild 294. The police werent around. When you see white mothers pushing their babies in strollers, three oclock in the morning on 125th Street, that must tell you something. http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/02/26/spike-lees-comments-on-nyc-gentrification-sparks-debate-in-fort-greene/ Guess he didn't hear about the students at UofM who DEMAND changes to age old policy to better suit themselves huh? He just labeled them a "disruption"........

msharmony Joined Mon 08/31/09 Posts: 61041	Thu 02/27/14 08:21 AM
interesting

msharmony Joined Mon 08/31/09 Posts: 61041	Thu 02/27/14 08:29 AM Edited by msharmony on Thu 02/27/14 08:32 AM
FORT GREENE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Spike Lee had some harsh words for whites moving into predominantly black neighborhoods in New York City while speaking at a Black History Month lecture at Pratt Institute on Tuesday. As 1010 WINS Carol DAuria reported Wednesday, the director and Brooklyn native said that white newcomers to neighborhoods like Fort Greene and Bedford-Stuyvesant are doing the wrong things. Lee told the audience that while hes all for democracy, he doesnt like that whites are trying to impose their standards and wealthy ideas on everyone and everything, DAuria reported. According to Lee, with white gentrification comes disruption. The entire rant was transcribed by New York magazine. Heres an excerpt: Heres the thing: I grew up here in Fort Greene. I grew up here in New York. Its changed. And why does it take an influx of white New Yorkers in the south Bronx, in Harlem, in Bed Stuy, in Crown Heights for the facilities to get better? The garbage wasn’t picked up every (expletive) day when I was living in 165 Washington Park. P.S. 20 was not good. P.S. 11. Rothschild 294. The police werent around. When you see white mothers pushing their babies in strollers, three oclock in the morning on 125th Street, that must tell you something. http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/02/26/spike-lees-comments-on-nyc-gentrification-sparks-debate-in-fort-greene/ Guess he didn't hear about the students at UofM who DEMAND changes to age old policy to better suit themselves huh? He just labeled them a "disruption"........ still no word on how those 'demands' are harmful or unreasonable to expect for those students,,, like when people 'demand' impeachment, the process costs money that has to come from somewhere, but they have the RIGHT to voice the expectations they have from the ENVIRONMENT from which they are a contributing member without people putting them down as moochers and future welfare recipients,,, smh but I have become accustomed to the double standards of our culture and the 'freedoms' people are supposed to have,,,,,most my life nothing new to see here,,,

InvictusV Joined Sun 11/23/08 Posts: 5282	Thu 02/27/14 08:32 AM
He is entitled to his opinion. There are many influential people that want diversity, as long as it is in someone elses neighborhood..

msharmony Joined Mon 08/31/09 Posts: 61041	Thu 02/27/14 08:35 AM
true

alnewman Joined Sat 12/14/13 Posts: 4009	Thu 02/27/14 11:30 AM
still no word on how those 'demands' are harmful or unreasonable to expect for those students,,, like when people 'demand' impeachment, the process costs money that has to come from somewhere, but they have the RIGHT to voice the expectations they have from the ENVIRONMENT from which they are a contributing member without people putting them down as moochers and future welfare recipients,,, smh but I have become accustomed to the double standards of our culture and the 'freedoms' people are supposed to have,,,,,most my life nothing new to see here,,, Wrong threads but just as wrong here. And there is an old axiom that seems appropriate, one that keeps doing the same things and expecting different results.

alnewman Joined Sat 12/14/13 Posts: 4009	Thu 02/27/14 11:35 AM
FORT GREENE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Spike Lee had some harsh words for whites moving into predominantly black neighborhoods in New York City while speaking at a Black History Month lecture at Pratt Institute on Tuesday. As 1010 WINS Carol DAuria reported Wednesday, the director and Brooklyn native said that white newcomers to neighborhoods like Fort Greene and Bedford-Stuyvesant are doing the wrong things. Lee told the audience that while hes all for democracy, he doesnt like that whites are trying to impose their standards and wealthy ideas on everyone and everything, DAuria reported. According to Lee, with white gentrification comes disruption. The entire rant was transcribed by New York magazine. Heres an excerpt: Heres the thing: I grew up here in Fort Greene. I grew up here in New York. Its changed. And why does it take an influx of white New Yorkers in the south Bronx, in Harlem, in Bed Stuy, in Crown Heights for the facilities to get better? The garbage wasn’t picked up every (expletive) day when I was living in 165 Washington Park. P.S. 20 was not good. P.S. 11. Rothschild 294. The police werent around. When you see white mothers pushing their babies in strollers, three oclock in the morning on 125th Street, that must tell you something. http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/02/26/spike-lees-comments-on-nyc-gentrification-sparks-debate-in-fort-greene/ Can't say I would really disagree with him except for why anyone would want to live in any part of that cesspool.

mightymoe Joined Sun 11/19/06 Posts: 37362	Thu 02/27/14 11:56 AM
He is entitled to his opinion. There are many influential people that want diversity, as long as it is in someone elses neighborhood.. thats ok, i don't want spike lee moving in my neighborhood...

Conrad_73 Joined Sat 09/29/07 Posts: 22488	Thu 02/27/14 11:58 AM
doesn't that Jerk know,"What is Good for the Goose is Good for the Gander"?

mightymoe Joined Sun 11/19/06 Posts: 37362	Thu 02/27/14 11:59 AM
i was selling cars once, and an older black couple came in, nice and respectable, and an old white salesman went to them. They looked at him and politely said "we would prefer a black salesperson, please" the white salemans says, "i hear ya, i would rather have a white customer"... they fired him 15 minutes later...

Dodo_David Joined Fri 08/13/10 Posts: 48950	Thu 02/27/14 12:07 PM
interesting Is "interesting" now a synonym for "racism"?

malikcassidy Joined Tue 02/25/14 Posts: 11	Thu 02/27/14 12:48 PM
still no word on how those 'demands' are harmful or unreasonable to expect for those students,,, like when people 'demand' impeachment, the process costs money that has to come from somewhere, but they have the RIGHT to voice the expectations they have from the ENVIRONMENT from which they are a contributing member without people putting them down as moochers and future welfare recipients,,, smh but I have become accustomed to the double standards of our culture and the 'freedoms' people are supposed to have,,,,,most my life nothing new to see here,,, Wrong threads but just as wrong here. And there is an old axiom that seems appropriate, one that keeps doing the same things and expecting different results. That's called "Being stuck in the old ways". Corrupt politicans do it all the time.

alnewman Joined Sat 12/14/13 Posts: 4009	Thu 02/27/14 01:22 PM
still no word on how those 'demands' are harmful or unreasonable to expect for those students,,, like when people 'demand' impeachment, the process costs money that has to come from somewhere, but they have the RIGHT to voice the expectations they have from the ENVIRONMENT from which they are a contributing member without people putting them down as moochers and future welfare recipients,,, smh but I have become accustomed to the double standards of our culture and the 'freedoms' people are supposed to have,,,,,most my life nothing new to see here,,, Wrong threads but just as wrong here. And there is an old axiom that seems appropriate, one that keeps doing the same things and expecting different results. That's called "Being stuck in the old ways". Corrupt politicans do it all the time. First, the quote is the definition of insanity from Ben Franklin... "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results." (Benjamin Franklin) Being stuck in the old ways is not always bad unless it impedes true progress. And then there are the politicians, to most an enigma unto themselves, but not really to others. How can a politician be but corrupt. To win a political office requires an immense amount of money in comparison to the reward(salary). So who has that kind of money, why those that would benefit from that election many times over. So how can politics be other than corrupt.

mightymoe Joined Sun 11/19/06 Posts: 37362	Thu 02/27/14 01:26 PM
still no word on how those 'demands' are harmful or unreasonable to expect for those students,,, like when people 'demand' impeachment, the process costs money that has to come from somewhere, but they have the RIGHT to voice the expectations they have from the ENVIRONMENT from which they are a contributing member without people putting them down as moochers and future welfare recipients,,, smh but I have become accustomed to the double standards of our culture and the 'freedoms' people are supposed to have,,,,,most my life nothing new to see here,,, Wrong threads but just as wrong here. And there is an old axiom that seems appropriate, one that keeps doing the same things and expecting different results. That's called "Being stuck in the old ways". Corrupt politicans do it all the time. First, the quote is the definition of insanity from Ben Franklin... "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results." (Benjamin Franklin) Being stuck in the old ways is not always bad unless it impedes true progress. And then there are the politicians, to most an enigma unto themselves, but not really to others. How can a politician be but corrupt. To win a political office requires an immense amount of money in comparison to the reward(salary). So who has that kind of money, why those that would benefit from that election many times over. So how can politics be other than corrupt. that was Einstein, not BF... wrong white guy...

Torgo70 Joined Fri 06/27/08 Posts: 27387	Thu 02/27/14 01:53 PM
Well, this is the same guy that sued Spike TV for using his name.

msharmony Joined Mon 08/31/09 Posts: 61041	Thu 02/27/14 01:55 PM
interesting Is "interesting" now a synonym for "racism"? all racism is interesting but not everything interesting is racism so, no, I wouldn't call them synonyms

mightymoe Joined Sun 11/19/06 Posts: 37362	Thu 02/27/14 01:57 PM
Well, this is the same guy that sued Spike TV for using his name. yea, he has a copyright on spike... so don't name your dog spike or you have to pay royalties...

willing2 Joined Sun 06/08/08 Posts: 20221	Thu 02/27/14 01:58 PM
He could hook up with shabitch. Dress up in BP Clown suits and burn white baby dolls in the whites front yard.

mightymoe Joined Sun 11/19/06 Posts: 37362	Thu 02/27/14 02:00 PM
He could hook up with shabitch. Dress up in BP Clown suits and burn white baby dolls in the whites front yard. lol... my boy, the king shabitch! hadn't heard that POS's name in a while...