"Yay gentrification!" "People hate who I am because I am supposedly this evil, rich guy who is ruining people's lives and evicting them. But I am just someone who planned and worked. I'm not like these people, who are all
Spike Lee (pictured) has spoken at length in times past about how his beloved borough of Brooklyn has changed over the years due to gentrification. Last night, the director unleashed a fiery rant about New York's rapidly changing landscape during a
Spike Lee explains gentrification rant to Anderson Cooper. New York and Washington D.C. are two U.S. cities among many where gentrification is pushing more and more lower income populations — usually minorities — out of the cities. By Aileen Graef | Feb.
(CNN) — Spike Lee grew up in Fort Greene in Brooklyn. His parents still live there. He still keeps an office there. But it's not the same neighborhood he grew up in, and his feelings about newcomers now inhabiting once-blighted parts of America's
When an audience member at the Pratt Institute event asked the “Do the Right Thing” director about the benefits of gentrification, Lee joked, “Let me just kill you right now.” “Here's the thing. I grew up in Fort Greene. I grew up here in New York. It