But many people, black and white, went for the okeydoke and believed that racism was eradicated from America the moment he got elected. Like it was ­presto-chango, abracadabra, whiz-bam, or whatever you want to say. Poof, and it is gone. And I think that was naïve.-Spike Lee

New York Magazine’s Will Leitch has an excellent interview of Spike Lee in this week’s issue.

via Spike Lee Talks Obama, the End of Mookie’s Brooklyn, and the Hollywood Color Line — Vulture.