"Do the Right Thing" Movie Response

What are the specific ideas and examples used by each text to make their points?  What conclusions can be made as a result of this comparison / contrast?
In both "Do the Right Thing" and "How Bigger was Born" there were power struggles between the blacks and whites in the community.  In "Do the Right Thing" Pino would boss Mookie around to do the chores that he did not want to do himself, but Mookie would always complain but would end up giving in because he did not have as much power as Pino.  This power struggle between Pino and Mookie caused increased tension in Sal's Pizzeria because these two characters would argue and cause a commotion in the restaurant.  In "How Bigger was Born" all the five real life Biggers would go against the white laws.  Richard Wright says, "the problem that faced her was peculiar and the struggle between the whites and the blacks after the Civil War was in essence a struggle for power, ranging over thirteen states and involving the lives of tens of millions of people" (438).  There was a power struggle in the south between the blacks and the whites which caused the real life Biggers to fight against the power of the whites.  There were many blacks that were fighting for their equality but Richard Wright focused his book, Native Son, on five blacks that he knew from growing up in the south.  This power struggle caused tension to increase between the blacks and whites in the southern communities because both races believe that they have ultimate power which causes violence to be used.  In "Do the Right Thing" violence was resorted to eliminate their anger that was built up inside for so long, but Bigger Number 5 used passive actions to display his anger in "How Bigger was Born."  In "Do the Right Thing" the blacks in the neighborhood and anger that was being built up at the whites because the white police killed Radio Raheem and Sal and his two sons were bystanders and didn't say anything.  The blacks were annoyed at these men because they did not do anything when Radio Raheem was being killed.  The blacks used violence to attack Sal's Pizzeria and burn it down to the ground.  In "How Bigger was Born" Bigger Number 5 violated the Jim Crow laws by sitting in the white section of the streetcars and not moving when asked to by the conductor.  Bigger Number 5, "always rode the Jim Crow streetcars without paying and sat wherever he pleased" (436).  Bigger Number 5's actions were displayed through non violent conduct with the whites by refusing to move to the black section of the streetcars.  The difference between "Do the Right Thing" and "How Bigger was Born" is the way the blacks displayed their anger towards the power that the whites held over them.  Some blacks used violence and others used passive actions but the violent actions did not benefit anybody and just caused harm. 

What are your personal (emotional, critical) responses? What are your feelings, at the movie's end, for Mookie, for Sal, for the police, for the community, for Radio Raheem? Who does--and who does not do--"the right thing"? Whose actions seem meaningful, purposeful, humane? What has been earned, learned, or lost?

I'm annoyed that Mookie started the riot by throwing the trash can into the window because the violence caused by the riot did not benefit anyone.  Although Mookie was provoked by the police officers killing Radio Raheem and Sal and his sons just stood there, Mookie still caused the blacks to burn the pizzeria down.  Sal's feelings were really hurt because Sal had just told Mookie that he was considered a son to him.  Without Mookie's actions the blacks would not have done anything to fight against the whites.  I sympathize with Sal because he trusted Mookie then Mookie broke his trust by throwing the trash can through the window of his pizzeria.  Mookie did not realize that he hurt Sal's feelings because he went back in the morning to get his money that he had earned.  Mookie's feelings were also hurt because he thought that Sal should have stood up to the police because he has more power than the blacks had, but Sal stayed silent.  Mookie was upset at Sal and that was why he threw the can through the window.  Mookie's violent action was impulsive and was not thought through because of his anger that had built up inside. 

Two Societies: Document 3 "Demands"

Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was part of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) who were trying to their nonviolent movement to the North and chose Chicago as the city to do so.  King was the leader of a march that started at Soldiers Field and ended the city hall.  Members of the march were part of an umbrella organization that composed of the Chicago Freedom Movement, the SCLC, and the Coordinating Council of Community Organizations (CCCO).   A list of demands was then posed at the city all that was meant for Mayor Daley, the city council, and other city and state institutions. 
QUESTION
1. In Chicago, to whom did the SCLC appeal in order to break the link between race and poverty?  Where did the power lie? 
The SCLC appeals to the black community because it helps with the economic conditions of the blacks in their neighborhoods.  One of the demands of the CCCO was to "increase vastly the supply of low-cost housing."  This benefits the blacks because then there are more houses availible for the low income blacks.