“Does Lee ever do anything that isnt racial?”
Yes, he did a movie on the Son of Sam serial killings called “Summer of Sam.”
And he made a movie called “25th Hour” about a man (played by Ed Norton) getting ready to go to prison for 7 years on drug charges. “25th Hour” had no blacks in the movie but there was one Puerto Rican woman.
His last hit movie “Inside Man” starred Clive Owen as a genious bank robber who pulled off the perfect crime.
Lee is doing an “Inside Man” sequel as well.
Spike Lee made a name for himself doing movies about race — although “School Daze” was about racial distinctions among blacks. It’s the best way for a young director to get noticed.
Similarly, Ang Lee (no relation) got Hollywood’s attention with “Eat Drink Man Woman,” and has made a string of films (Sense and Sensibility, The Hulk, Brokeback Mountain) that have nothing to do with being Asian.