Conflict And Conflict In Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing

Racial tension and cultural barriers has been a constant within our county and the rest of the world for as long as time has been around. Being segregation, to racial riots and sometimes even worse events can occur which has been proven by history in the past. Director Spike Lee’s 1989 film “Do the Right Thing” is a movie set in New York City neighborhood that is filled with many different cultures and ethnic groups being an Italian pizza shop, an Asian general store, an African American housing and residents. Sociology places a main role within the film in which we see how every person goes about their day. Peace and conflict are at an ever increasing war with each other. Above this the film takes place on only one day which happens to be the hottest day of the summer. The observation that we the audience make out is the highest tension is between the Italians and the African Americans. Granted, there are some that get along but for the most part the conflict is there. Whereas the Asian family in the film is the side group in which they are not shown in many scenes throughout the film. Spike Lee does a phenomenal job in portraying the races the way he see it from his perspective. The neighborhood

It’s here as a reminder for us to respect one another, no matter how difficult it may be. The film’s title”Do the Right Thing” can be studied unto itself. The idea of do what you think is right may differ from person to person, ethnic group to ethnic group. When Mookie throws the trash can into the window of Sal’s Pizzeria making the already now large riot become even more thunderous, is he doing the right thing? We followed this man throughout the film and to see him make a decision like that, we are left to wonder. By the end of the film. This the question is the one that we think the most about. We as a community need to learn to love more and grow together than hate each