Spike Lee Rails Against Gentrification Of Black Neighborhoods...
...While residing in one of the fancypants, WASP mainstay-hoods: Manhattan's Upper East Side, where he's lived for years in a 9,000 square foot home. "It was recently listed for $32 million," reports CBS Local.
He added that gentrification has little regard for those who "have a culture that's been laid down for generations."Wednesday night on "Anderson Cooper 360," Lee talked about the speech, his remarks and what he says he meant.
"I don't hate anybody," he said. "My problem is that when you move into a neighborhood, have some respect for the history, for the culture."
Do you think he goes around in lime green pants carrying golf clubs?
CBS whitewashes his rant. You can read more of it and see that $ 32 million pad here:
http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/dgreenfield/spike-lee-lives-in-32-mil-manhattan-townhouse-complains-about-white-people-gentrifying-brooklyn/
Did this clown ever wonder why Manhattan & the Bronx & Staten Island & Harlem & Bedford Stuyvesant etc etc all have these strange Dutch-sounding names? If you're going to rant & rave about the history & culture of your city to the whole world...
Martin at February 27, 2014 10:03 AM
all have these strange Dutch-sounding names
Hah - that's hilarious.
Amy Alkon at February 27, 2014 10:12 AM
“Why does it take an influx of white New Yorkers in the south Bronx, in Harlem, in Bed Stuy, in Crown Heights for the facilities to get better?”
That's a very good question. I'm curious about that myself.
kf at February 27, 2014 10:25 AM
Black pastors demand Holder's 'impeachment' for failing to stop gay marriage.
So many laughs to be had.
Gog_Magog_Carpet_Reclaimers at February 27, 2014 12:29 PM
" . . . it’s easy to dismiss it as Spike Lee being crazy . . ."
Well, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck . . .
Charles at February 27, 2014 12:46 PM
Amy Alkon
https://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2014/02/spike-lee-rails.html#comment-4298892">comment from Charles" . . . it’s easy to dismiss it as Spike Lee being crazy . . ." Well, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck . . .
At first, I thought that read "walks like a dick…"!
Amy Alkon
at February 27, 2014 1:43 PM
Whoops - sorry - wrong thread!
To atone, here's a link to Spike Lee tweeting the wrong address for George Zimmerman.
Fomenting racist hate crime or no?
Gog_Magog_Carpet_Reclaimers at February 27, 2014 3:24 PM
The more I hear from Spike Lee, the more I realize he's a complete, utter phony and always has been.
Cousin Dave at February 28, 2014 8:40 AM
Spike Lee is upset about something involving white people. Alert the media. That means it's the end of the ... week.
In other news, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.
But Abe Vigoda is alive: http://www.abevigoda.com/
Conan the Grammarian at February 28, 2014 9:07 AM
Amy Alkon
https://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2014/02/spike-lee-rails.html#comment-4303206">comment from Conan the GrammarianI quote Abe Vigoda (from "The Rockford Files") in my next book!
Amy Alkon
at February 28, 2014 9:26 AM
Abe Vigoda is awesome! and a true gentleman in my opinion.
And yes, Amy, I like your thought better:
"Spike Lee, walks like a dick . . . "
Charles at February 28, 2014 11:08 AM
He supposedly complains about rich people moving in, but notice his choice of words - a white woman pushing her kid in a stroller at 3:00 a.m.
Would he be complaining if rich black people were moving to the neighborhood? Or is he just pissed about white people?
Pirate Jo at March 1, 2014 7:44 AM
Amy Alkon
https://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2014/02/spike-lee-rails.html#comment-4308056">comment from Pirate JoRight, Pirate Jo. It's people like this who make racial divisiveness worse.
Amy Alkon
at March 1, 2014 8:37 AM
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