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Mr. Lee. Huge fan, donated to your kickstarter, got a big "Malcolm X" poster hanging in my room. I'm white, but I've always found "black struggle captivating. I don't "act black," whatever that means, but I tend to prefer spending my time with black friends than the upper class white kids that go to my school. Irrelevant really. But there's a scene in "Malcolm X" where a white woman offers "help" to the cause and Malcolm denies her. I understand his reasoning behind it. But I wonder about your opinions on it.

I don't like the idea of being "the white guy million man marching," but it's hard not to be affected when it's absolutely noticeable how different people act when my black friends and I go out than when my white friends and I go out. So what am I and people like me supposed to do? People who observe the struggle but can't ever fully understand it. Don't want to stand idly by, but don't know what to do besides not be racist.

I know Malcolm X's feelings about it. I'm asking Spike Lee's. But don't get me wrong. The quotes appreciated.

Hey Jon,

I just want to thank you for doing this AMA. More importantly, I'd like to thank you for "Swingers," which, along with "Very Bad Things," was one of the films that convinced me to try and make movies of my own. This January I finished writing my first feature film. I'm 22 and I have no clue what do to next. So I guess my question is, what does one do next? How did you get "Swingers" sold? Do you think that what you did will work in 2014?

Also, I saw "Chef" about a month ago, and it was amazing. I'm about to graduate college and "Chef" was exactly the type of film I needed to see. Everyone should see this this fantastic and delicious film!