My Ancestors Are Slaves. Stolen From Africa. ummmm NO!!!they were BOUGHT in africa from other africans...
Posted on 12/24/2012 4:05:24 PM PST by nickcarraway
Spike Lee thinks Quentin Tarantino's new slavery revenge flick "Django Unchained" is the wrong thing.
The famed "He Got Game" director says he's boycotting the new movie because he finds it insulting.
"American Slavery Was Not A Sergio Leone Spaghetti Western. It Was A Holocaust. My Ancestors Are Slaves. Stolen From Africa. I Will Honor Them," he wrote on Twitter.
The tweet came shortly after he told VibeTV he couldn't comment on the movie starring Jamie Foxx and Leonardo DiCaprio because he decided not to see it. "I can't speak on it 'cause I'm not gonna see it. I'm not seeing it," he said in a video interview.
"All I'm going to say is that it's disrespectful to my ancestors to see that film. That's the only thing I'm gonna say," he explained. "I can't disrespect my ancestors. I can't do it. Now, that's me. I'm not speaking on behalf of anybody but myself. I can't do it."
Leonardo DiCaprio, Christoph Waltz, Samuel L. jackson and Jamie Foxx in Tarantino's latest.
Lee, 55, even tangled with another Twitter user who took issue with his Holocaust comparison.
"The goal of the holocaust was death and destruction; the goal of American slavery was tobacco, indigo, rice, and cotton," a post from a user called Rogue Academic read. "Like Slaves Didn't Die? What Kind Of Academic Are You? And George Washington Didn't Own Slaves Too?" Lee responded.
Tarantino, 49, has been the subject of Lee's ire before. Lee criticized the "Pulp Fiction" director for his liberal use of the n-word in his third feature film, "Jackie Brown," a 1997 movie starring Samuel L. Jackson and paying homage to the blaxploitation films of the 1970s.
"I'm not against the word. And some people speak that way. But Quentin is infatuated with that word," Lee said of Tarantino in an interview with Variety.
"What does he want to be made, an honorary black man?" the "Do The Right Thing" director asked. "I want Quentin to know that all African-Americans do not think that word is trendy or slick."
Actually Spike slavery was a topic in spaghetti westerns, including the original 1966 Django.
I’m starting to wonder if Quentin actually pays Spike to whine for him. It’s good publicity, since at this point most of the world knows Spike as that annoying guy at Nicks games, I’m betting plenty of people will go to the movie just because he doesn’t like it.
Hypocrite. Free, unbridled expression is good as long as it’s his own.
Has Lee watched his own movies? Most of them not only use 'that word' almost as much as this movie, they glorify lifestyles and cultural attitudes and stereotypes that are the determent to the African-American community. Emulating Lee's movies keeps people living in virtual and mental ghettos.
This is Inglourius Basterds in blackface and he had no problem with that movie.
Ouch. The hypocrisy, it hurts.
spike lee is a racist who hates white people. I do not care what he says about anything
Pull your pants up, Spike.....your hypocrisy is showing.
My Ancestors Are Slaves. Stolen From Africa. ummmm NO!!!they were BOUGHT in africa from other africans...
Ditto !
I wonder how many descended relatives of Spike’s ancestors back in Africa are millionaires living in mansions with big pools and fancy cars.
Yeah, America sucks. Preach it, brother.
“My Ancestors Are Slaves. Stolen From Africa. I Will Honor Them,”
Voting democrat dishonors them more than watching a movie ever could.
Is Spike Lee the same angry short guy who incited murder by tweeting what he thought was George Zimmerman’s address after sweet little thug Trayvon died?
They weren’t stolen. They were kidnapped by fellow africans and sold to the Dutch.
“My Ancestors Are Slaves. Stolen From Africa. I Will Honor Them,”
Voting democrat dishonors them more than watching a movie ever could.
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BAM! Nailed it!
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Gee. I thought the movie was about a gypsy guitar player!
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