Could Someone Point Out the “Hate” or “Racism” Here?
Published at 08:04 on 2 March 2014
Right wingers have been getting their panties in a knot over some recent remarks by Spike Lee.
Really, where? I don’t see any racial hatred there. There’s plenty of resentment against both a colonialist mentality in more affluent and generally White newcomers, and against a disparity in the quality and level of city services in Black neighborhoods, but that’s a very different thing from asserting that some people are particularly evil or inferior simply because of their race.
It’s actually an anti-racist rant, taking offense at what genuinely does seem to be an instance of White privilege.
I’m a White guy, and I don’t feel threatened or attacked by Lee’s remarks. I can’t even see how I would be should I happen to live in one of those NYC neighborhoods that Lee mentioned. Criticized, perhaps. But being criticized and being hated or threatened are completely different things.