Anthony Mackie Has Thoughts About Spike Lee's Gentrification Rant

Image via Lee Bailey's EurWebAnthony Mackie, actor and Brooklyn restaurateur, was recently asked about Spike Lee’s epic rant about the gentrification of the borough. Mackie, in case you couldn’t have guessed, is black and starred in the Spike Lee joint She Hate Me.

While never being direct, he essentially makes two points:

* Spike Lee moved out of Brooklyn the minute he got a serious check, so what the fuck does he know.

* The word “gentrification” has nothing to do with average income and everything to do with color. His chief examples are that some people call Spike Lee taking his paycheck to Manhattan “reverse gentrification,” while the average income in Brooklyn has remained steady during this period of gentrification.

It’s a pretty smart interview, considering the guy conducting it doesn’t actually understand what Mackie is saying. Mackie misses the point sometimes (not everyone who wants to live in Brooklyn, moves to Brooklyn) but ultimately hits the mark. See, it’s not about Spike Lee. It’s just that “as your tax brackets changes, I guess your zip code changes.”

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SOURCE: THE GRIO.COM