>1) the word "nigger" doesn't
>feel much like a term
>of endearment right now.
>i don't feel much like
>using that word even in
>play anymore.
>

Well, I came to my senses on this one years ago, but I hope this movie does to others what it did to you.

>2) not everyone knows ALL
>the history that was presented
>by Spike Lee, thus the
>movie does have a purpose.

Thank you! I'm glad someone else feels this way. If everyone
was so enlightened there would be no need to make a movie like
this.


> during the last 20
>minutes, i definitely was thinking
>about watching cartoons as a
>child and seeing buffoonish, sambo
>depictions of black folk yet
>never realizing what exactly the
>image was saying/represented. it
>really made me think about
>the children i might have
>one day, and what i
>want to teach them so
>that they recognize the history
>and meaning behind such images.
>

I felt the same way. I'm 29 but I remember seeing
some of this when I was little and it never really hit
me until I got a lot older and others pointed it out.

>
>maybe not the deepest comments, but
>my thoughts nonetheless. i
>am glad i saw the
>movie, it made me THINK
>if nothing else.

Going by Spike's interviews for this movie I think that
he has succeeded in his mission (with you anyway).

Shaun G.