I hope this film sheds some light on what people like to ignore

Political correctness is a strange animal. It can cause outrage over a multiple felon drug dealer, and yet cause utter silence to the American tragedy that unfolds on our streets on a daily basis. Such is life, I suppose, but as a Chicago resident I am glad to see Spike not taking the path of least resistance and giving some publicity to the almost third world conditions on many parts of the Southside.

It does not take much more than opening the Chicago Tribune each Sunday to see the horror that is the Chicago southside. It's really gruesome and barbaric on a level that most people just don't want to deal with, so they don't. I get it, I suppose. It's easier to focus on agenda related sociopolitical issues than those that step on toes, which, let's face it, anything even remotely approaching comment on black people does. It's sad in a way that rational dialogue on social problems is so strangled by such nonsense, but such are the times we live in.

This film is brave effort on the part of Spike Lee, and he is about the only person that could of gotten away with it politically. Any other major Hollywood filmmaker would of been crucified for even trying, especially if it happened to be a caucasian.

The film might well end up being horrible, but Spike still deserves credit for attempting to draw attention to an issue that most choose to ignore.