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Spike Lee says he plans to take COVID-19 vaccine
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Spike Lee (Photo by Derrel Johnson for rolling out)
Film legend Spike Lee isn’t playing around when it comes to COVID-19 and plans to take the vaccination as soon as it becomes available to him.
The
Malcolm X director told
BET that he’s aware of America’s history of using Blacks as human lab rats for medical testing since slavery and the distrust many African Americans have about vaccinations, but that still isn’t a deterrent.
“I know about the Tuskegee experiment. I know about the history of medicine where we are used as guinea pigs,” Lee told the network during an interview on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. “I also know that this ‘rona is wiping out Black and Brown people in this country at a higher rate than anybody. I know that a large majority of first responders are Black and Brown people. And when it’s my time to take the vaccine, like we say growing up in public school
Van Jones added to executive board of Meek Mill’s Reform Alliance
Van Jones delivers keynote address at Morehouse College’s133rd Commencement (Photo Credit: Sistarazzi for Steed Media Service)
Meek Mill just reloaded his clip in his continuous prison reform battle announcing that his REFORM Alliance Executive Board has appointed renowned criminal justice advocate Robert Rooks to serve as the organization’s new Chief Executive Officer. REFORM also elevated founding CEO Van Jones to join the Executive Board.
During Jones’ tenure as CEO, REFORM Alliance successfully passed a series of bipartisan legislative wins in several states across the country, including Assembly Bill 1950 in California. The probation reform bill will decrease the state’s probation population by 33 percent and give over 24,000 life years back.
Spike Lee likens 45 to Hitler during New York Film Critics Circle Awards speech
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Spike Lee (Photo by Derrel Johnson for
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The New York Film Critics Circle honored Spike Lee on Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021, with a special award for his short film
New York New York, which pays tribute to his hometown and was filmed during the pandemic.
Lee was presented the award by fellow director Martin Scorsese and praised for getting the city and country through some tough times. During his acceptance speech, Lee lit into the former commander-in-chief in a pre-recorded taping from Jan. 6 for inciting an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
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