Do the Right Thing “When we open our eyes today and look around America‚ we see America not through the eyes of someone who has enjoyed the fruits of Americanism‚ we see America through the eyes of someone who has been the victim of Americanism. We don’t see any American dream; we’ve experienced only the American nightmare. We haven’t benefited from America’s democracy; we’ve only suffered from America’s hypocrisy.” Malcolm X Spoken in 1965‚ these words still ring true for people of color in
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film‚ Do the Right Thing‚ Rosie Perez (Tina)‚ became a well-known figure in one of the greatest films of all time. She played Mookie’s (Spike Lee) ostentatious girlfriend. Tina’s character allowed viewers’ reactions to the issues of classism. Many were offended claiming that this is not a positive representation of who Latinos and African Americans. I would conclude that Spike Lee believed that any classist or racist response would only come from White people‚ but it didn’t. Do the Right Thing
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Do The Right Thing is a fictional narrative that surrounds an Italian restaurant in the middle of a black neighborhood. Do The Right Thing does something that no other film was able to do‚ which is‚ “… present the aspects of the culture - language‚ dress‚ attitude‚ music - in a realistic context…” (Donalson 23). Donalson was correct - this film didn’t just serve to depict the random lives of a community‚ but rather the political and racial tension their community (and‚ I imagine‚ the rest of the
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English 1301-203 September 2013 The Things We Do for Freedom “Learning to Read and Write” sounds like a step by step introduction of learning how to read and write. Just reading the title makes the chapter seem tedious and mediocre. As if it were nothing except another chapter that was just sitting there gathering dust never to be read. After having read the chapter it become apparent that it was describing exactly what was happening. 1The chapter was saying that a person should always find a
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“When stop chasing the wrong things‚ you give the right things a chance to catch you.” (Unknown) Many people get scored to show their courage for the right thing. What gives you and your peers to do the right thing with courage? Your peers and yourself do have courage because people do have that someone in life‚ that helps encourage them. It’s just buried inside and you need to show people you’re courage to do the right thing. People just don’t want to disappoint anyone. In this short story
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In the broadest sense‚ Do the Right Thing follows the shifting images of blackness in “commercial narrative cinema‚ attending to its insults and insurgencies‚ and its rare instances of black empowerment” (Guerrero 3). The dynamic opening dance number operates as an interlude for the
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How to do the right things? Lecturer Mr. Bai Lixin is a doctor of engineering. He served as IBM (China) business consulting department operation strategy chief adviser. And he is also one of the main speakers of IBM (China) BBS. He served as Vice President and Chief Knowledge Officer of Hampshire Management Consulting (China) Co.‚ LTD‚ and Business Consulting Department Manager of Andersen (Shanghai) enterprise consultation Co.‚ LTD. He once provided a strategy and management consulting
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What’s the right thing to do? I believe the next thing was a do now‚ he was telling us a story. He told the story so that we can imagine it as if it was us in that position. The story was about you driving your car‚ and your brakes stop working‚ then you notice straight ahead that there are five workers in the way. Then you realize there is a construction work sign and you can’t enter. So you’d end up killing those five people. However‚ your steering wheel still work and you can turn to the right and not
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"Always do the right thing. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest" -Mark Twain. Twain’s quote represents an idealism that should be backwards‚ were doing right wont astonish people because it’s universal. Sadly‚ our world lives in the idealism of Twain’s quote. Yet‚ life is infused with change‚ consequently‚ enabling use to change Twains quote by trying to make right choices part of our lives. Doing the right thing means sacrifice. In my case‚ I sacrificed time‚ using it for Juniors
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“We are home!” On Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing With his Do the Right Thing producer‚ director‚ and actor Spike Lee has succeeded in creating a truely controversial film that leaves its audience with questions and a source for a lively discussion. And indeed many have taken the opportunity to comment on Lee’s work‚ mostly ignoring its general aspects and rather focussing on its message or deeper meaning. The film deals with both social and racial relationships and shows a community in which
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