Why We Love and Hate Hollywood
Some of My Best Friends Are
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Spike Lee and the Oscars
"I went to go see it with Danielle in 1989. My wife, we were just starting to date at that point," he says. "After seeing that movie, how could you be here with him? ... Meaning with a white guy?" He adds: "You were diluting our racial stock." The film did get two nominations for a movie but didn't win any Oscars.
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