Notably, some critics disapprove of Mookie's decision to throw a trash can through Sal's window and incite a riot. However, suggesting that the All Blacks would use the film as justification for alleged riots highlights the social and political priorities of the film's white audience. Instead, they discuss the destruction of Sal's Pizzeria and thus Sal's capitalist American dream to which he is entitled. The riot creates more controversy and outrage than the unnecessary death of an innocent man. Critics do not discuss the tragic murder of Radio Raheem and the pertinent issue of police brutality and abuse of authority in inner-city neighborhoods. Furthermore, this notion is simply ridiculous. Criticism of Do the Right Thing focuses on the culpability of Bed-Stuy's black residents for creating the destruction of their neighborhood, without comment on Sal's reactionary and racist attitudes against the black customers he serves. Furthermore, Do the Right Thing became the first film to address urban race relations in a way that allowed for understanding the black perspective of racial norms, which was not a Blaxploitation film. To that end, the film provided a then-contemporary depiction of the struggle for social justice in inner-city neighborhoods across the United States, which ironically reemerged as a conflict