Name: Spike Lee on the Knicks’ season and how attending an HBCU impacted his life and career | First Take
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But being a product of an HBCU what that has meant to your career what that has meant to your life.

Can you put that in perspective for a lot of folks out there for me, please?

I became I learned how to be a man at Morehouse.

It's a special feeling when your professors, your teachers, the faculty administration look like you a lot of lot.

If you're not an athlete, if you're not running up and down the court on the gridiron, they don't care about you.

And I would not be the person I am today or the artist I am today.

Thank you, Spike, Um, to my recollection, school days, school days.

And then it was school days, and then it was do the right thing.

School days was a look at life on an HBCU, right?

I haven't seen it since, you know, whatever.

What does it mean to you to make that film?

Okay, School days was my four years at Morehouse Jam packed in a homecoming weekend.

But I have to say, I took my major across the street at Clark College.

Now, Clark, Clark au Morehouse didn't have a master case of Major.

So my majors across street I get killed all the time.

When I don't mention that my major across street at Clark College First, my might my four years jam packed in homecoming weekend and nothing like to say Even today, people stop me toe stranger on the street and said I went to a black school because I saw school days.

People still tell me back and then and I tell you something that that I think people Mrs Well, you know, I mean, they don't realize that, like a lot of times when folks watch shows like law and Order, they see a Samuel L.

Jackson, they in particular episode or Giancarlo Esposito A T shirt?

I mean, excuse me, they were in your movies.

I mean, you were basically profiling and and and and really showcasing future stars in the world of Hollywood and entertainment.

I mean, because there's a lot of talent that you put in your films.

Uh, and obviously a lot of them come from HBC users.

Well, can you talk about that for a second?

Well, do the right thing now is Martin Lawrence First film.

The late, Great uh, Ruby Davis Ruby, Ozzy Davis.

My Ruby Dee Mukai Fight Clock is his first film, Jungle Fever.

That was Halle Berry's first film, Queen Latifah's first film and also John David.

John David Washington, The Store myself, Black Klansman.

John David Washington, the son of Denzel Washington, Malcolm and Marie on Netflix Spectacular.

He might win an Oscar for that he might win an Oscar.

He ain't just that he ain't just Denzel Washington said.

Spectacular Spike Spectacular Way are a sports show.

Even though we're talking, we're talking hbcu So I wanna I wanna ask you when you see, like Makor Maker Choose an HBCU or Dion Sanders, Um, coach at an HBCU.

What kind of effect do you think that has?

I think the more profile black schools get cows, universities, you know, it was a great thing, and my brother went to Howard.

You know, he's like, you know, is one of the top prospects, and so we don't I mean, they could be a trickle down effect.

When Tiger was hitting, I thought that there's be a revolution of like, golfers.

So I don't wanna go too far out in the limit.

Okay, listen before, because we because we're running out of time, I I'd be remiss and neglecting to bring this up.

Max was laughing at me yesterday morning, but it's not a laughing matter.

The Knicks air coming, Spike Lee, I like what I'm seeing.

They wanna come up, Spike Lee, They're gonna come hard and Blue Skies, baby, talk to me about this.

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