Backstage at the Academy Awards, “BlacKkKlansman” director Spike Lee jabbed ‘Green Book’ as the best picture winner. (Feb. 25)
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Spike Lee may not have angered the team behind Oscar best-picture winner “Green Book” with his comments Sunday, but someone else made it clear he was unhappy by what Lee had to say at the Academy Awards: President Donald Trump.
In an early-morning tweet Monday, Trump went after the “BlacKkKlansman” writer-director for remarks he made about the current administration while accepting his first Oscar for the movie’s screenplay, calling Lee’s speech a “racist hit” on him.
“Be nice if Spike Lee could read his notes, or better yet not have to use notes at all, when doing his racist hit on your President, who has done more for African Americans (Criminal Justice Reform, Lowest Unemployment numbers in History, Tax Cuts,etc.) than almost any other Pres!” he tweeted.
Though Lee’s speech was focused on the legacy of slavery, he closed it out with an impassioned plea to turn out the vote next November.
“The 2020 presidential election is around the corner. Let’s all mobilize. Let’s all be on the right side of history. Make the moral choice between love versus hate,” he said. “Let’s do the right thing! You know I had to get that in there.”
Lee’s full acceptance speech follows:
The word today is “irony.” The date, the 24th. The month, February, which also happens to be the shortest month of the year, which also happens to be Black History month. The year, 2019. The year, 1619. History. Her story. 1619. 2019. 400 years.
Four hundred years. Our ancestors were stolen from Mother Africa and bought to Jamestown, Virginia, enslaved. Our ancestors worked the land from can’t see in the morning to can’t see at night. My grandmother, [inaudible], who lived to be 100 years young, who was a Spelman College graduate even though her mother was a slave. My grandmother who saved 50 years of Social Security checks to put her first grandchild — she called me Spikie-poo — she put me through Morehouse College and N.Y.U. grad film. N.Y.U.!
Before the world tonight, I give praise to our ancestors who have built this country into what it is today along with the genocide of its native people. We all connect with our ancestors. We will have love and wisdom regained, we will regain our humanity. It will be a powerful moment. The 2020 presidential election is around the corner. Let’s all mobilize. Let’s all be on the right side of history. Make the moral choice between love versus hate. Let’s do the right thing! You know I had to get that in there.
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