ust be different if others except them. We so often just look at the surface and fail to search for what is truly beneath the skin and its color. Another example in "Do the Right Thing" of failing to look past color happens when a man tries to drive through a water fight between the inner-city kids. He gets sprayed as he drives by and when asked by the police who was to blame he replies; "It was Moe and Joe black." This man was not concerned with what individual was responsible, he just knew that they were black and that was all that mattered to him. He would have been happy to see any of them hauled off to jail whether they did it or not. This made me wonder how often we do this with other races. I don't think I have ever heard someone blame Moe and Joe white. If we are truly going to exist as a global village in the future we must at some point stop looking at people by the color of their skin and begin accepting people for who they are and what they contribute to our society. The most profound statement in the movie also happened to be the title. "Always do the right thing," Da Mayor tells Mookie at one point. In the movie, I think Da Mayor had a God like presence. He roamed the streets and seemed to see and hear everything that was going on around the neighborhood. Although he was a drunk he was also the one person who seemed able to look past these faultlines, not judge people by stereotypes. He had been part of the global village for many years and had learned to live with these people of other cultures. He knew the conflicts that arise when different cultures mix and he recognized that Mookie was feeling these strains. "Always do the right thing" was his way of telling Mookie to look past the cultural barriers and to view his problems for what they were and not matters of race or culture. ...
