I recently watched "The Wire" and "Les Miserables" (2019), and I have some concerns and thoughts about black issues and racial conflicts.
"The Wire" deals with the education and growth of black people in the ghetto, while "Les Miserables" directly describes the conflicts between immigrants of various ethnicities and the police in Paris. And didn't think of a guy named Spike Lee who had already portrayed this problem 30 years ago. Issues and social contradictions about black Americans.
First of all, I think black people are very sensitive at heart. They can laugh and sneer at each other themselves, but there is absolutely no room for white people to be disrespectful to them.
Second, they mingle in the streets openly, freely unemployed, not working, but never reflecting on themselves. Proud of laziness, like the pizza delivery Mookie, who has no basic sense of responsibility for his work, and retaliates for his boss's tolerance. Buggin, who was making troubles, was simply vexatious and had zero tolerance for others. He always wanted to boycott Sal's pizza shop. As for the Radio with the tape recorder and loudspeaker, he was a big idiot. But it is such a group of black young people who have no hope and see no future, but they are still self-righteous and live happily.
Here, the director reveals the black people's own problem -- inferiority. They are articulate, quarrelsome, but lazy and never want to work hard. Abandoning the pursuit of higher goals, being content with the status quo, and being particularly destructive and revengeful. This is the same as the group of black children in "Les Miserables". Lack of self-reflection, you will blame others when you encounter things. He was the first to come to the American continent, earlier than the Koreans and Italians. He lived in New York for many years, but he just wanted to be indolent, destroy public property, and disobey the order and rules. Are there really bad genes here?
Among the rabble on the street in the black district, the only one who could see conscience and consciousness was the black mayor. He is poor and poor, his suit and top hat are dirty, but he knows how to reflect and analyze himself, has wisdom and head, and is calm. Maybe not all black people are bad, violent lovers. The existence of the mayor makes people see a different landscape.
Spike Lee wants to use this film to reveal the various social problems of black people, their unemployment, their illegitimate children, their violence, their troubles. The film is more revealing, they have been living under their own black skin, never want to be self-improvement and self-reliance, never strive for anything for themselves, just want to vent. It's kind of sad.
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