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Forefront individuals in black history are the ones largely recognized, for they directly

took part in the real struggle for equality, civil rights, and freedom. This is usually a direct

link between the black American identity and the long history of their oppression.

Nevertheless, it would not be wise to forget those individuals that contributed to the identity

of the black people and those that optimized what their predecessors were fighting for

(Williams, 2017). In most aspects of the media, we can find black artists who have changed

the previous identity of the blacks and impacted not on their own, but the black cultural

identity in general. This paper will discuss how film director Spike Lee influenced the

Americans to examine the environment of black culture.

Spike Lee was very hyperconscious about the future of the black culture which he

influenced through film. He used his goodwill as a film director, documentarian, and

producer to directly invoke discussions on matters relating to racism, which up to date are

very prevalent in America. The movie, Do the Right Thing was his second film of the late

1980s that left an indelible mark in the black culture. In the movie hottest day of the summer,

he uses casts of white, black, Korean, and Hispanic residents living in the Bedford-

Stuyvesant part of Brooklyn to show the racial tensions that affect them in urban settings

(Turner, 2019). He later came up with Do the Right Thing, which now revealed how the

tensions exploded into violence, and in so doing the audience would have a very well-known

permanent familiar impression in their respective town dwellings. The impact was to

encourage young blacks about their opportunity to rise up and help improve whole black

America (Turner, 2019). His work has influenced many generations of black people and set a

high standard for students and filmmakers from every background. Although his films mostly

depend on black political awareness, his unique storytelling, emotional power of his work, his

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Running head: BLACK HISTORY- SPIKE LEE Black History- Spike Lee Institution Name 1 BLACK HISTORY- SPIKE LEE 2 Black History- Spike Lee Forefront individuals in black history are the ones largely recognized, for they directly took part in the real struggle for equality, civil rights, and freedom. This is usually a direct link between the black American identity and the long history of their oppression. Nevertheless, it would not be wise to forget those individuals that contributed to the identity of the black people and those that optimized what their predecessors were fighting for (Williams, 2017). In most aspects of the media, we can find black artists who have changed the previous identity of the blacks and impacted not on their own, but the black cultural identity in general. This paper will discuss how film director Spike Lee influenced the Americans to examine the environment of black culture. Spike Lee was very hyperconscious about the future of the black culture which he influenced through film. He used his goodwill as a film director, documentarian, and producer to directly invoke discussions on matters relating to racism, which up to date are very prevalent in America. The movie, Do the Right Thing was his second film of the late 1980s that left an indelible mark in the black culture. In the movie hottest day of the summer, he uses casts of white, black, Korean, and Hispanic residents living in the BedfordStuyvesant part of Brooklyn to show the racial tensions ...
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