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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 1943836" data-attributes="member: 12952"><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>In an interview published November 25, actress Angela Bassett suggested some Chicago leaders are having trouble with Spike Lee’s film <em>Chi-Raq</em> because they are embarrassed by the gun violence in their city.</strong></span></p><p>“Chi-Raq” is a nickname given to Chicago because the violence in parts of the city is reminiscent of a war-zone like Iraq.</p><p></p><p>Bassett said she had not heard “Chi-Raq” used as a nickname for Chicago prior to being involved in the film, but says she now understands it serves a “nickname for Chicago based on what’s been going on in the community with young black men, children…innocent bystanders dying because of gang violence, and…more black folks dying than in the Iraq war.”</p><p></p><p>She indicated that many Chicago leaders are not happy with the fact that Lee’s film shines a light on Chicago gun violence. But she said the truth must be told.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/10/24/chicagoland-spike-lee-says-rahm-emmanuel-bullied-him-over-film-about-citys-gun-violence/" target="_blank">Breitbart News previously reported</a> that Lee said Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel made the filming of <em>Chi-Raq</em> as difficult as possible. He said that Emanuel was “a bully” who did not want Lee to portray things as they really are in Chicago.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 1943836, member: 12952"] [SIZE=5][B]In an interview published November 25, actress Angela Bassett suggested some Chicago leaders are having trouble with Spike Lee’s film [I]Chi-Raq[/I] because they are embarrassed by the gun violence in their city.[/B][/SIZE] “Chi-Raq” is a nickname given to Chicago because the violence in parts of the city is reminiscent of a war-zone like Iraq. Bassett said she had not heard “Chi-Raq” used as a nickname for Chicago prior to being involved in the film, but says she now understands it serves a “nickname for Chicago based on what’s been going on in the community with young black men, children…innocent bystanders dying because of gang violence, and…more black folks dying than in the Iraq war.” She indicated that many Chicago leaders are not happy with the fact that Lee’s film shines a light on Chicago gun violence. But she said the truth must be told. [URL='http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/10/24/chicagoland-spike-lee-says-rahm-emmanuel-bullied-him-over-film-about-citys-gun-violence/']Breitbart News previously reported[/URL] that Lee said Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel made the filming of [I]Chi-Raq[/I] as difficult as possible. He said that Emanuel was “a bully” who did not want Lee to portray things as they really are in Chicago. [/QUOTE]
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