Spike Lee, in a conversation with Henry Louis Gates Jr., The Root's Editor-in-Chief, calls out the critics who predicted violence at the release of his groundbreaking 1989 film and clarifies what the "right thing" really was.
ALSO: To read Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s thoughts on the movie and the director [4]; find out why the Obama's rarely talk about their first date watching 'Do the Right Thing,' and get your free African medallion coasters and LOVE-HATE knuckle rings, PLAY Raheem's Radio [5].
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