More anti-Black or anti-White?

It was anti-everyone. It was so over the top in its portrayal of all the stereo types. it had all the standard stereotypes right down to the latino shaved ice man. At that point i was like "give me a break".

in fact, i don't even know if it was anti-black or anti-white because I'm not sure what statement Spike Lee was trying to say. was he trying to criticize blacks by portraying them in this stereo typical manner or was he criticizing whites?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_BbtXj2P4g

It obviously focuses more on black racism, which is what makes it so interesting.



"facts are stupid things" - Ronald Reagan

Definitely more anti-black. I felt it was one of the more honest portrayals of black people in film.

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Without question, anti-black.

All of the main ones were negative black stereotypes.

I graduated from the college of the streets, I gotta Phd in how to make ends meet.

I don't think it was anti or pro anything. The movie showed one very true and important fact: all of these issues are INCREDIBLY complex; dealing not just with stereotypes and race, but also with individual personalities, general SES, status within the social hierarchy (the police) &c. &c. If anything, I suppose I'd go with this movie being "anti-extremist". Yes, there were many racial stereotypes on display, but by adding flaws to every character Lee added a degree of personal responsibility to the discussion. It was those with extreme personalities: Radio Raheem, Buggin' Out, Pino, and the police that caused the riot (ML could have been added to this list, as I believe he wasn't a fan of the Koreans down the way, but was talked out of causing further damage). The characters who attempted to maintain balance: Da Mayor, Sweet Dick Willie, Jade, Mister Señor Love Daddy, Vito (who just wanted to be cool with everyone), Sal (throughout most of the movie), and even Mookie (to a degree) that ended up looking ok in the end. I think the point is that violence and rhetoric along with walking into the discussion with a closed mind will get you nothing but chaos and unhappiness.

Just my two cents.

It's weird because the film itself seems anti-black, but when you look at the statements and actions of director Spike Lee it's obvious he is an afrocentric radical who hates whites and buys into the "we are oppressed" narrative (he even tweeted what he believed to be George Zimmerman's address to the public in the hope that they would lynch him)

Maybe he was trying to make a pro-black film, but failed miserably. He thought that by portraying things realistically he'd get people to sympathise with the black community but underestimated the difference in perspective that most white people have from the perspective that he has or that CNN has.

To me there were definitely moments that were anti-black but it didn't outweigh the anti-white moments in the film.