Spike Lee's Katrina Doc to Premiere Near Superdome

I'm very relieved to know that Spike no longer buys into that wacko, race-based conspiracy theory. That thinking is COMPLETELY offbase, as the second-worst hit neighborhood (Lakeview) was also one of the whitest & most affluent in the city.

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There's nothing I hate worse than somebody trying to make money blaming other people. He now joins the likes of court jester Micheal Moore.

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I guess he was doing the same thing with the bombing of the church and four girls in Alabama? or he was doing the same thing with Malcom X and his other movies around light skin and dark skined blacks an issue thats there due to white racism and what white slave owners did to female slaves. There are plenty of people to be blamed or have suspicion regarding their intent, namely whites...would he be playing that game if he made another film on the Tuskegee syphlilis case!!!!

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Racisim will only cease when it stops on both sides.
Both sides are to blame for the continuation of bias based on race.
The entire city was destroyed, black, white, whatever.
The Gov't screwed up but I don't think that race was an issue.
I think the stupidity of our nation was the main contributing factor.

And by the way, not to take away from those unfortunate people whose homes were destroyed, but you shouldn't live below a levee like that.
Just as the base of a volcano isn't the best place to live. It may not erupt today or tomorrow, but some day it will.

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Spike is right. The Army of Corps was negligent in its design and construction of the levee. Most (not all) of the flooding was the result of man's failures, not the storm's. And it ruined the lives and property of both black and white. Don't believe Spike. Check out this report by independent engineers at the University of California at Berkeley: http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2006/05/24_leveereport.shtml

And as for the ignorant comments that people shouldn't live below sea level, it is quite possible to protect against flooding. Just ask the Dutch. And would you have everyone move away from the fault lines in California?

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I never thought some people would be soo full of waste. Thursday the weather man said the storm was headed to South Carolina, then friday said it might swing our way, Saturday afternoon they said its possible,there was a 6:00 curfew(caught on the street and will be arrested) then Sunday afternoon our mayor said evacuate. It was crazy and enough was not done

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"And by the way, not to take away from those unfortunate people whose homes were destroyed, but you shouldn't live below a levee like that."

Do you think people who KNEW that the levee was below standards would live there? No one but the government knew that. No one expected it to happen, so don't act like you were informing everyone of the levee's problems before the storm.

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The documentary was heart-wrenching. The race "conspiracy theory" wasn't really even there, it was more about the betrayal of the American citizens by their govt. From their embarressingly slow response to their incompetence in building a worthy construction that protects a cultural gem of this country. Spike Lee deserves a standing ovation for this outstanding piece of truth.

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