Do the Right Thing

This was a very interesting movie to follow up the Battle of Algiers, in the sense that it was pretty much a complete 180 of that movie. It takes place in New York City, most likely Harlem in a mostly black community with a white owned pizzeria.

It was very unorthodox in the fact that there was no real main character. Mookie the pizza delivery boy was one of the people followed around but this movie didn't really focus on him, instead it focused on many people that ended up bight tied together in the plot at the end.

On of the main issues in the movie was racism. There is racism towards, whites, blacks, Hispanics, and Vietnamese. Basically everyone is experiencing some form of racism. Since Sal's is a white owned store in a dominantly black neighborhood Sal himself is viewed as a racist in some of the black customer's eyes. He is accused because of the fact that there were no pictures of black people on the wall and a few people started to boycott the restaurant. The person accusing is viewed as a racist because he makes such a big deal that black people aren't represented on the wall.

So in the end the racism gets the best and the cops kill a black guy and all hell breaks loss. The restaurant is burned tot he ground and Sal is forced out of the neighborhood because of that. When he tries to make a mends with Mookie Mookie is rude in return, showing the the issue is not solved.