Editing Jungle Fever (section)

=== Racism ===
Lee dedicated the film to [[Yusuf Hawkins]].<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://slate.com/culture/2014/07/spike-lees-opening-credits-sequences-titles-for-movies-do-the-right-thing-da-sweet-blood-of-jesus-jungle-fever-and-more-are-among-the-best-parts-of-the-movie.html|title = The Joint Before the Joint: Spike Lee's Greatest Opening Credit Sequences| journal=Slate |date = 7 July 2014| last1=Wickman | first1=Forrest }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.essence.com/culture/5-things-know-storm-over-brooklyn-yusuf-hawkins-documentary/|title=5 Things To Know About 'Storm Over Brooklyn,' a New Doc About Yusuf Hawkins|website=Essence}}</ref> Hawkins was killed on August 23, 1989, in [[Bensonhurst, New York]] by [[Italian-Americans]] who said the teenager was involved with a white girl in the neighborhood, though he was actually in the neighborhood to inquire about a used car for sale. According to the ''[[New York Daily News]]'', "the attack had more to do with race than romance".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/yusef-hawkins-black-man-killed-white-mob-1989-article-1.2330613|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150822163044/http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/yusef-hawkins-black-man-killed-white-mob-1989-article-1.2330613|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-08-22|title=Yusef Hawkins, a black man, is killed by a white mob in 1989|website=NY Daily News|access-date=2016-04-29}}</ref>