Spike Lee To “Punk-Ass” Jared Kushner: “Come to Harlem Talking That Mess” About Black People – Audio
Jared Kushner raised eyebrows this week when he said on Fox News that Black people must “want to be successful.” Spike Lee took exception to the First Son-in-Law’s comments and made his feelings clear in a radio interview today.
“Look, I am so tired of white folks telling us what we need to do,” the Oscar-winning filmmaker said in an interview on SiriusXM Satellite Radio’s The Joe Madison Show. “How could this guy, how could this punk ass say what black folks need to do? It’s like there wasn’t 400 years of slavery, systematic racism. We can go on list, list, list, list up. We want everything that all Americans want, but this thing has been set up so we can’t get there. And that’s what this election is about. So for this guy to say that black people that we don’t want to succeed?...
“Look, I am so tired of white folks telling us what we need to do,” the Oscar-winning filmmaker said in an interview on SiriusXM Satellite Radio’s The Joe Madison Show. “How could this guy, how could this punk ass say what black folks need to do? It’s like there wasn’t 400 years of slavery, systematic racism. We can go on list, list, list, list up. We want everything that all Americans want, but this thing has been set up so we can’t get there. And that’s what this election is about. So for this guy to say that black people that we don’t want to succeed?...
- 10/30/2020
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
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