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Spike Lee and James McBride Live from NYPL

By Andrea Silenzi

September 30, 2008

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At the New York Public Library this week, a conversation about the story turned book turned film, “Miracle at St. Anna”. Listen to filmmaker Spike Lee and writer James McBride in conversation with Paul Holdengräber about this historical American story story that exposes racism, guilt, courage, revenge, and forgiveness.

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Comments

Comment from Dr. Melvin Kaufman
Date: October 6, 2008, 8:19 pm

Spike Lee is a joke…his latest movie is a bust. He is a hater and is toxic in civilized circles. I hope is fades back into obscurity.

Comment from sahkeenahminterbey
Date: October 8, 2008, 12:04 am

this is a good thing to talk because different people get come together and tell how they fell about the .
they the have to face in the wold today and every day life .

Comment from Joe Thorn
Date: October 8, 2008, 11:04 am

Yes, the film exposes racism: Lee’s racism.

He’s despicable.

Burn on this racist for his amazing joke of a flop.

Comment from Jack Bauer
Date: October 9, 2008, 2:19 pm

To Joe and Doctor Kaufman,

Racism, by its simplest definition, is the belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race.

in America and in the context of the movie which focuses on WWII there was Institutional Racism which refers to a which occurs specifically in institutions such as public bodies, corporations, and universities.
Black people in this country have never been in the position of power for racism at the institutional level.

Spike Lee may be prejudice, but he is not a racist.
you two gentleman certainly may be racist.

Regards,

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