The African-American inner city is a place where family can come in the form of gangs or collective areas, like the pizzeria in the movie, Do the Right Thing, and yet these places and the people who find surrogate families in urban centers often lead only lives of violence. There is a common meeting place, in this case the pizzeria. Social networking happens on the streets and in the urban context. There are many ethnic mixes, and in this case the Italian pizzeria is owned by Italian immigrants, and this is significant. Urban isolation, everyday struggles and tensions are an important part of Do the Right Thing. The arguments that break out when the heat in the city center increases, as do the tempers and frustrations. Spike Lee does a great job of revealing the reality of how tough inner-city life is for those who find themselves in an urban jungle, and how that will shape their lives. The inner city can be a good or bad thing, for For African Americans it is often a bad thing because they get involved in gangs thinking that this is the only way to have a family. This is true in some respects, because depending on the family, children may be abandoned due to drugs or suffer violence. In the film, one of the children, who lives near the pizzeria, is a little girl who suffers abuse at home. This often happens in destroyed homes, such as those described by Spike Lee. In other cases the children come from good families. For example, if one comes from a prominent African American family, they know that everyone cares for everyone, they work together to take care of each other. In the film there are several older black men who act like grandfathers to the people in the neighborhood. This is reminiscent of one of the class readings, Family M... middle of the paper... the beginning of their civil rights career. Eventually they were both murdered, and Malcolm was killed by a black activist who didn't like his departure from his original ideas about violence, which changed when he became Muslim. In conclusion, this film gives you an idea of ​​what it's like in the city center for all the races. Spike Lee shows how “ghettos” can become a destructive place and end many innocent lives. Do the right thing, send this message to viewers, despite the harsh conditions surrounding the film's protagonists. Works Cited Do the Right Thing. Dir. Spike Lee. Perf. Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee. 1989. Universal Images. FilmGates, H. Family Matters. 2009. The Best American Essays. Class Readings 2014Conley, D. Race the Power of an Illusion, 2003, Interview with Dalton Conley, Class Readings2014