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Don't tell Spike Lee that Barack Obama isn't black enough. The "When the Levees Broke" director says criticisms like those DJ Chuck T made last week on MTV are "crazy." Lee also "respectfully disagrees" with Jesse Jackson.
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SPIKE BELIEVE IN THE ONE-DROP RULE
Faded Youth Blog —
Spike Lee is saying some controversial things Barack Obama’s blackness.
The headline-making director is lashing out at critics who say the presidential hopeful is not “black enough.”
“First, I go by the ‘one-drop rule,’” he said in Denver, where he has come to see firsthand his man accept the Democratic nomination for President. “One drop [of black blood], and you’re black. The truth is, every African-American is biracial. Go back far ...
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