Letter: A modest proposal to help end the Morehouse College-Joseph Smith controversy

Letter: A modest proposal to help end the Morehouse College-Joseph Smith controversy

Spike Lee’s epoch-defining film, Do the Right Thing, contains one of the most memorable lines in all modern cinema. When Buggin’ Out, an African American youth, realizes that Sal’s pizzeria only has photos of white people on its Wall of Fame, he asks Sal pointedly, “How come you ain’t got no brothers up on the wall?” Sal’s refusal to integrate his Wall of Fame, however, ultimately leads to a profound tragedy which could have easily been averted.