Spike Lee Says Black Lives Matter Protests Will Bring Real Change Due to White Support..
The ‘Do the Right Thing’ filmmaker welcomes white support for Black Lives Matter protests because he believes it’s crucial in order for the movement to bring real change. Jul 2, 2020 AceShowbiz - Spike Lee is optimistic about the future of the Black Lives Matter movement - because the protests have such strong support from young white activists. The "Da 5 Bloods" director has highlighted police brutality since the early days of his career, including in his 1989 masterpiece "Do the Right Thing", which featured one character, Radio Raheem, being killed in a police chokehold. The director says that despite many needless deaths of African-Americans in the 30 years since its release, he’s more optimistic the protests sparked by the death of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis, Minnesota in May (20) will bring real change. "It’s never been about how (Black people) respond to it," Lee says on a new episode of Luminary’s Black List Podcast. "It’s been about ho …
