According to Lee, images of black people are different from when he was a child. Lee claimed that pop stars also play into stereotypes. You can be one of the best players in the league, but unless you have that USDA ghetto stamp, you're not anything. According to Lee, there is an overwhelming pressure on black youth to conform to this image. You have to be ghetto.
Ignorance is king.
They don't want to be ridiculed. Lee also accused the movie industry and other mass media outlets of perpetuating this image of black ignorance and limiting the number of blacks responsible for producing the media. Lee said that his latest movie, Bamboozled , addresses this subject. Only Wayans' most absurd idea, a modern-day minstrel act complete with men in blackface living in a watermelon patch, became a television show. Lee also discussed his concerns about how students choose a career.