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A montage of unique dolly shots from the films of Spike Lee.

Music: “Bra” by Cymande

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Tina: Why don’t you be a man?

Mookie: I am a man, alright?

Tina: THEN ACT LIKE A MAN. Why don’t you be a FUCKING man, Mookie?

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Jake: My all-time favorite ballplayer was Earl Monroe. Earl the Pearl. Yeah, he was nice. See, everybody remember him from the Knicks, you know, when he helped win that second championship and everything like that. But I’m talking about when he was with the Bullets down at Winston-Salem Stadium… before that game, with 42 points a game the whole season. 41.6… the whole season. But the Knicks, they put the shackles on him, man, you know, on his whole game. They locked him up, like in a straitjacket or something. When he was in the streets of Philly, the playgrounds, he was like… You know what they called him? Jesus. That’s what they called him… Jesus, ‘cause he was the truth. Then the white media got a hold of it. Then they got to call him Black Jesus. He can’t just be Jesus, he got to be Black Jesus, you know. But still… he was the truth. So that’s the real reason why you got your name.

Jesus: You named me Jesus after Earl Monroe, and not Jesus in the Bible?

Jake: Not Jesus of the Bible, Jesus of North Philadelphia. Jesus of the playgrounds. That’s the truth, son.

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Dean Big Brother Almighty: HALF-PINT.
Half-Pint: Yes, Dean Big Brother Almighty!
Dean Big Brother Almighty: How tall are you?
Half-Pint: 5 feet! 5 inches!
Dean Big Brother Almighty: Yeah, you’re a 5-foot, 5-inch piece of SHIT.
Half-Pint: Yes, Dean Big Brother Almighty!
Dean Big Brother Almighty: I don’t even know why you pledged. This is NOT for you. Gamma Men are REAL men.
Half-Pint: I am a real man… A GAMMA MAN.
Dean Big Brother Almighty: Were you asked to speak? You’re not a Gamma Man YET. Brothers, I suspect this sawed-off human being hasn’t even had a GIRL yet.
Half-Pint: …that’s not true.
Dean Big Brother Almighty: Oh, isn’t that right? I bet you’re still a VIRGIN, aren’t you?
Half-Pint: No, Dean Big Brother Almighty!
Dean Big Brother Almighty: ARE YOU CALLING ME A LIAR?
Half-Pint: No, Dean Big Brother Almighty! I haven’t been a virgin since 9th Grade.
Dean Big Brother Almighty: BULLSHIT. YOU’RE GOTDAMN VIRGIN. You ain’t seen no PAAARTSSS of the pussy!
Half-Pint: …I’m not no virgin!
Dean Big Brother Almighty: Yeah, you’ll become a Gamma Man over my dead body. I don’t even know how you got this far! You’re weak, a pussy, and you’re going to DROP… just like your cousin.
Half-Pint: I’ll be a good Gamma Man, you’ll see… You’ll see!
Dean Big Brother Almighty: Look, don’t be eye-balling me. You’ll become a Gamma Man over my dead body. Now look, you better get a freak over her tonight. And no Gamma Rays neither. I don’t care if she’s blind, fat, no teeth, one leg and a kickstand… I AIN’T PLEDGING NO VIRGINS. You got it? So you get that freak over here tonight.

Leeds: Y’all NIGGERS, and yall gon’ BE niggers… FOREVER… just like us. NIGGERS.
Dap: …You’re not niggers.

I read in the comments section of this video that School Daze is so special because it was ahead of its time. It wasn’t. What is so special about this movie is that it remains relevant almost 23 years later.

How many of you all still hear this conversation today? How many of you all are apart of this conversation? The Black community is plagued by the same issues that this movie revealed from its release February 12, 1988.

We still can’t have a healthy dialogue. We can’t even agree that things need to change. We all know those that defend and glorify the most ratchet faces of our people… but what about those we use those faces to justify the hardship our community faces? We have, in this day and age, people who insist on bringing down their brothers and sisters.