Filmmaker Spike Lee rips into questioner during speech . Referring to reports that Lee 's 9,000-square-foot mansion on Manhattan 's Upper East Side is on the market for $ 32 million , Smith said : `` Spike is a causative factor in gentrification . Smith riled about New York gentrification and hipsters . Urban policy professor asks : Does Lee want D.K to be D.K ? New York . Lee , the questioner , says `` What I wanted to do was expand the dialogue ''
Filmmaker Spike Lee rips into questioner during speech . Smith riled about New York gentrification and hipsters . Urban policy professor asks : Does Lee want D.K to be D.K ? New York . Lee , the questioner , says `` What I wanted to do was expand the dialogue ''