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Violence is a part of America. I dont want to single out rap music

Violence is a part of America. I dont want to single out rap music. Lets be honest. Americas the most violent country in the history of the world, thats just the way it is. Were all affected by it. – Spike Lee

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Any film I do is not going to change the way black women have been portrayed, or black people have been portrayed, in cinema since the days of D.W. Griffith. – Spike Lee

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My grandmother lived to be 100 years old. Her grandmother was a slave, yet she was a college graduate in the Spellman class of 1917. She taught art for 50 years and she saved her Social Security checks for her childrens education. – Spike Lee

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A lot of times you get credit for stuff in your movies you didnt intend to be there. – Spike Lee

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