SPIKE LEE: “11 YEARS OLD IS NOT TOO YOUNG…” TO BOYCOTT
Submitted by admin on February 21, 2009 at 1:03 pm 4 Comments
Film Director Spike Lee was joined by his 11-year-old son Jackson and a number of protesters as they stood outside of the New York Post building on February 20th, 2009 in Manhattan. The crowd of more than 300, including the Reverend Al Sharpton, protested against a cartoon published by the NyPost, a cartoon that has been slandered as being racially insensitive to African Americans. Moreover, the cartoon has also been described as depicting President Barack Obama as Chimpanzee.
Spike said that he was happy to bring his son Jackson to the boycott because “11 years old is not too young to know what’s happening in the world”. See more pictures…
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I love Jackson’s big inquisitive eyes! And with Spike and Tonya as parents I’m sure his inner beauty matches the outer. He is definitely one to look out for in twenty years- he will be great for my ten year old daughter!
Spike Lee is absolutely right to let Jackson learn early about the racism that exists so when he becomes a young man he will know how to deal with it.
That’s good he took him.
The crap wasn’t racist. People really need to stop throwing that word around at every little thing.