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posted by martyb on Friday May 18 2018, @04:27AM   Printer-friendly
from the no-punches-pulled dept.

At theGrio, Spike Lee blasted Trump for not condemning the Klan and Alt-Right:

Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman was well received at the Cannes Film Festival, and the prolific director did not hold back giving his take on how President Donald Trump has contributed to a hateful, divisive culture.

In the movie, about a black man (John David Washington) who infiltrates the Ku Klux Klan, Lee inserted a moving documentary montage at the end of the film about the conflict in Charlottesville, reports Vulture. The movie included a powerful ending messaging about Heather Heyer, the young woman [who] was killed when a white nationalist ran her over with a car during the protests.

“It’s an ugly, ugly, ugly blemish on the United States of America,” Lee said at the press conference for the film.

The story contains a link to a YouTube video of Spike Lee's comments at Cannes, as well as a transcript of that video.

[Note: Emphasis was in the source. -Ed]


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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by Tangaroa on Friday May 18 2018, @01:46PM (4 children)

    by Tangaroa (682) on Friday May 18 2018, @01:46PM (#681152) Homepage

    The founders [archive.is] and followers [archive.is] of Black Lives Matter [townhall.com] idolize Assata Shakur [fbi.gov], a cop-killer who was part of the Black Liberation Army [status451.com]. Followers of Black Lives Matter are told to follow in Assata's example, and several [foxnews.com] did [cbslocal.com].

    Black Lives Matter is upfront and honest about this. How can you not know about it?

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  • (Score: 4, Touché) by c0lo on Friday May 18 2018, @01:57PM (3 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Friday May 18 2018, @01:57PM (#681159) Journal

    How can you not know about it?

    I don't know. The fact that I'm living more than 12000km away from the continental US may be a reason, what do you think?

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
    • (Score: 2) by Tangaroa on Friday May 18 2018, @02:14PM

      by Tangaroa (682) on Friday May 18 2018, @02:14PM (#681161) Homepage
      That'll do it.
    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 18 2018, @11:10PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 18 2018, @11:10PM (#681427)

      Do they have njiggers where you live?

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 19 2018, @06:22AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 19 2018, @06:22AM (#681537)

        Of course, I realize you're not referring to people of color, you're referring to people just like you.

        I'd say yes, it's likely, seeing that low intelligence haters are everywhere.