As growing protest continues, Malcolm X Director Spike Lee called out to topple down all Confederate statues and monuments. In an interview for Luminary’s Black List Podcast, Lee made an overgeneralizing demand that all Confederate statues must come down.

Along with Black List co-founder Franklin Leonard and Black List community director Kate Hagen, Lee said, “F++k that flag.” He explained that That flag, to me, [makes me feel] the same way my Jewish brothers and sisters feel about the swastika…” He added that “And them motherf+++ing Confederate statues need to come the f+++ down.”

During the interview, they had also discussed the controversial “Black Lives Matter” (BLM) movement and how it relates to his Academy Award-nominated movie “Do the Right Thing.” Lee’s 1989 movie specifically fits into the narrative of police brutality as the movie ended with the officer strangling an unarmed black man. He believed that while the movie was released nearly three decades ago, “It’s still new.” Lee continued that it remains relevant given that countless black people are still murdered in the likes of Eric Garner and George Floyd.

He also went on to express his optimism seeing that more and more white people are joining in the BLM movement and taking actions against cities that had smaller black communities, “they’re not Black… That’s a big difference,” the filmmaker remarked.

This is not the first time that the filmmaker had expressed his anti-Confederate sentiments. In another appearance for the SiriusXM’s The Joe Madison Show, Lee condemned Roger Goodell and the rest of the National Football League over their treatment against Colin Kaepernick. He described the NFL commissioner as “No Freedom League,” in their action on Kaepernick’s peaceful protest.

He also went on to say that Goodell should team up with team owner Daniel Snyder and described them as “Confederate stars and bars, good ole boys.” Lee also addressed the issue of the removal of Confederate flags from NASCAR races.

However, the increasing realization and sensitivity towards Confederate symbols also extend to GOP led states. For example, in Mississippi, the state legislature has all voted to remove all Confederate emblems on the Mississippi flag.

Moreover, the Democratic mayor Levar Stoney of Richmond, Virginia, also used his emergency power to remove several Confederate monuments, including a statue of Confederate Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, from the city’s Monument Avenue. After 100 years, countless onlookers watched as the slave owner’s statue was finally toppled down. This came as a huge step, especially since the city was the former capital of the Confederacy. While the mayor did not identify the other monuments that the state plans to remove, she addressed the issue, saying that the Confederate statues were already a thing of the past.

To address the recent surge in the desecration, and the toppling down of historical monuments and statues, President Donald Trump signed an executive order which would provide a “long prison sentence” for people who would be arrested for such charges, as well as budget cuts for states who failed to protect their cities.