follows four black veterans as they return to Vietnam. African Americans have been fighting and dying for the U.S. from the outset, Lee says — just look at
"At the height of the Vietnam War, almost a third of the fighting force in Vietnam were African Americans. Yet, we were only 11, 12% of the American population," Lee says. Lee worked with several Vietnam veterans while making the film."Our military adviser was in Vietnam," he says,"and during the editing process, we had four screenings for black Vietnam vets."They also asked what took him so long,"Because they wanted to see their story."
"All the black Vietnam vets who saw the film — four different screenings — confirmed that," Lee says."It's not something that's been talked about. But the black soldiers were about to set it off. They were going to start firing guns — and it wasn't going to be at the Viet Cong."
And? They weren't the only ones. You want to rewrite history in favor of blacks. They were not alone. Get off it. Accept AllLivesMatter and move forward racism sickofthis slavery
Spike Lee is an overrated movie producer and a bigger racist d-bag...
Yup
And now that blacks finally have equal rights after Jim Crow and slavery are gone, some want to destroy everything. Power corrupts absolutely...
Republicans pay for you - is that reasonable?
well thats not exactly settled history.
They sure have. Honorably as well. Perhaps it's time, we- on both sides -remember that, and stop using emotions, identity politics, and race baiting, to further divide this nation. Life Liberty Justice
Absolutely. However many are only fighting for black people and hate white America and America as a whole today. Truly sad. Thanks for nothing spike lee!
Heard him last night about his new film...
So then why do you choose to tarnish their legacy by convincing young black men and women today that this country is garbage and it hates them? Why don’t you honor them by looking at how far we’ve come and stop making up fake problems to incite more violence. No one wants that
No white people have died in war. WhitePrivilege
The blame game should be put to rest by now. All this took place before any of us were born. It’s not as prevalent as people act. Let it go! The Dems are doing nothing but pushing for racial divide! They couldn’t give one 💩 about you!!
Yup. ⬇️ Hero. Died carrying his flag.
Buffalo soldiers were an atrocity!
Huh, who blew the dust off of this guy to drag him out?
Did you conveniently forget that Spike Lee encouraged morons to terrorize an elderly couple because they assumed an alleged racist killer lived there?
Black people HAVE been fighting for & building this country from day 1. Anyone who says they should take responsibility for their actions doesnt take this into consideration. There is no America without Black people. This place would still be divided by England France and Spain.
And yet he forgets the hundreds of brave blacks who served honorably in the CSA Army as volunteers.
or the 700K men who died to defeat slavery?
ITS 2020. NOT 1619 OR 1960 UNTIL YOU TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOURSELVES NOTHING WILL CHANGE.
Few blacks listen to NPR because NPR is a taxpayer funded radio network by and for rich white liberals.
Spike Lee spewing his racist hate of white people again. SURPRISE, SURPRISE, SURPRISE!
Give it a rest. You guys have some kind of race war going on in your heads.
African Americans ? U mean black Americans? Are they South African’s?