For most people who go to see a movie, they want it to be somewhat realistic, unless their seeing a movie like Avatar. Although some depictions of black in "boyz-n-the-hood" films (a term used by Beretta Smith-Shomade) may seem a little fake or non realistic, for the most part, they do follow the guidelines of what 'gansters' were like.
For directors during the time Do the Right Thing and Juice were being made, it was all about real depictions of 'thug' life. The directors and writers didn't put their time and money into making these films for them to be unrealistic. Now I'm not saying what happens in the film are realistic by any means, but the people in them directly correlate with how people actually acted/dressed in inner cities all over the country.
These directors showed the hardships of these young, black men because most people did not live in the cities and were not apart of the gangs, so they were very unaware. And I really doubt Spike Lee made Do the Right Thing just for fun...
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