Do the Right Thing.

The stereotypical black man is a mooch with anger issues. There is one black character that seems to have major anger issues and that is Buggin Out . His anger issues start as he is standing up for himself, but he gets angrier than is necessary. The truly racist are the Italians. There is a good and logical explanation for the way in which everyone lives their life and the way they are. The Mayor is a drunk who lost his wife and this is the way in which he deals. Blacks react to criticism; that is how the violence starts, as a reaction towards all of the racial issues that begin as small quibbles between two people. I almost don’t know what to say. In the end the major players in the violence, especially in the burning down of Sal’s restaurant are the blacks of the neighborhood, and throughout the movie the blacks are in scuffles with other ethnicities in the neighborhood, the Italians, the Latinos, the Police, and each other. The title of the movie is Do the Right Thing, what is the right thing? Should the black community stand up for themselves, resorting to violence if necessary? NO! But the right thing is to stand up and to end racial issues in the U.S. But that is near impossible, especially since we are such a diverse nation packed so closely together, the reason why Spike Lee chose Brooklyn for the setting. What is the best way to “fight the power?” Is it to burn down businesses and to cause violence that result in the death of a man? It’s the best way to gain the attention needed, that’s what MLK did in the Civil Rights Movement. In the movie we have the firefighters attacking the population with fire hoses (allusive), which is the responsive to the Civil Rights Movement. The fact that the movement is not over with because the black man is still not equal and does not get the respect as most other people, or so the belief is, is Spike Lee’s purpose in the movie.