I’m agreeing with Clint Eastwood on this one. He probably didn’t have to actually say, “Spike Lee should “shut his face” about the lack of African-Americans in “Flags of Our Fathers.” He probably could have worded it a little better, but Clint has a point. There was a small detachment of black soldiers on Iwo Jima, but none of them raised helped raise the flag. It’s history, it’s a fact. Just like the 911 memorial committee trying to make the fireman politically correct and not accurate to the people they are supposed represent. If Eastwood put a few black soldiers in the same unit, no one would have believed it. As sad as it may be, the fact is there was major segregation back then.
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