[WOMAN GROANlNG]
[PANTlNG]
Derek.
[IN NORMAL VOICE] Derek.
STACEY: f*cking pervert, Dan.
Jesus! Danny, what the f*ck are you thinking?
There's a black guy outside.
He's breaking into your car.
DEREK: How long's he been there?
I don't know.
STACEY: What's going on?
Not right now, honey. How many?
Danny, how many?
One, I think.
Is he strapped?
Does he have a f*cking g*n, Danny?
Man, l don't f*cking know.
Wait a second.
What the f*ck is going on, Derek?
Stay right here and be quiet.
Jesus.
Stay right here.
STACEY: Wait a second, Derek. Wait.
Derek.
Shh, shh.
They're right here.
[GRUNTS]
MURRAY: I don't have a personal problem
with him, okay?
SWEENEY: Don't insult my
inteIligence, Murray.
You hate this child
and I think I know why.
I went out with his
mother a few times.
That was 3 years ago.
It was nothing.
Nothing. RealIy?
That paper, Bob, it's a travesty.
Arguing for h*tler as a civil-rights hero?
You've gotta draw the line.
You know Murray, you actually
did this to yourself.
You told them they could
do a report on any book
that related to the struggle
for civil rights. In plain English.
I am not disputing the fact that the child
is confused and harbors some sick ideas
but l am not ready to
give up on him yet.
His brother probably put him up to it.
I can guarantee you 100 percent
his brother did not put him up to this.
MURRAY: I find that hard to believe.
Whatever. Look!
I know he was a good kid and it's
a shame what he's been through
but that is dangerous.
Dangerous in what way?
Bob, that goes too far.
This r*cist propaganda,
this Mein Kampf psychobabble?
He learned this nonsense, Murray,
and he can unIearn it too.
I wilI not give up on this child yet.
I knew it was you.
SWEENEY: Danny, get in here.
I said, get in here.
Get in here!
5, 4, 3,
2....Shut the door.
What's it gonna be, Danny?
What's what gonna be?
This petty crap you're pulling.
I don't know.
Have a seat.
[DANNY CLEARS THROAT]
How you doing?
Fine.
Things at home okay?
Yeah.
Derek got out this morning,
did he not?
Yeah, he did.
He was one of my students.
You knew that, right?
Honors English.
He was a brilliant student.
Like you. But he hung out
with simple-minded fooIs.
Also like you.
Look Sweeney, did you bring me
in here to talk about Derek?
Because what happened to him
has nothing to do with me.
Everything you do right now
has something to do with Derek.
Look, l followed directions
and l wrote an A paper.
"Mein Kampf"?
I should expel you.
Go ahead.
Why you don't think I could handle it?
No, I think the street would kiIl you.
Your rhetoric and your propaganda
aren't gonna save you out there.
So here's the drilI.
I'm your history teacher from now on.
We will discuss current events.
We will call this class
American History X.
We meet once a day.
All right, your first assignment is to
prepare for me a new paper due tomorrow.
Come on Sweeney. It took me a week
to read Mein Kampf. That isn't fair.
[SIGHS]
Well, what do you want me
to do it on? Your brother.
Oh, God, man.
Please tell me you're joking.
No, no. I'm not kidding.
I want you to analyze and interpret all the
events surrounding Derek's incarceration.
How these events helped shape
your present perspective
concerningl life in contemporary America.
The impact on your life.
Your family's.
Whatever you wanna say, Danny,
I'll be the only one reading it.
But if it's not on my desk
tomorrow morning,
you are a ghost at Venice Beach High.
Are you clear?
Yeah, I'm clear.
[GRUNTING]
Telling teacher I'm f*cking cheating?
Is that what's happening?
I never cheated in my life.
b*at his m*therf*cking ass, Henry.
I didn't say anything.
Why you tripping on me?
Why you all kicking him like that?
What's up, man?
What you scared for?
I ain't gonna do nothing.
[GRUNTS]
[HENRY LAUGHS]
What's up?
Want some too, bitch?
Punk. What's wrong with you?
You wanna die?
Punk-ass white boy.
[BELL RINGS]
You lucky I gotta go to class.
He ain't gonna do nothing.
He don't wanna see me and the heater.
[HlSSES]
HENRY: Lucky the bell rung.
I would have clocked that white boy.
Punk-ass m*therf*cker.
We'd smoke that fooI.
You gotta f*cking stand up for yourself.
RASMUSSEN: We got a whole file on skinheads here.
These skinheads all part of the same g*ng?
RASMUSSEN: Venice Beach g*ng.
MAN 1 : Where's my buddy?
MAN 2: Actually he's doing a stretch at YA.
MAN 2: This guy C.C.?
MAN 3: That him?
MAN 4: Yeah, that's him right there.
This morning we have a guest
coming in and there he is.
Morning.
Morning, sir.
Good to see you, pal.
Morning.
Gentlemen, this here is Dr. Bob Sweeney.
He's principal over at Venice Beach High.
And for some time now, he's been doing outreach
work with gangs, both in and out of the can.
At 3 years ago, a local kid
named Derek Vinyard
was sent up for murdering a couple of
Crips who were trying to jack his car.
Bob taught Vinyard back in high school
and he's followed the case kind of closely.
He was a skinhead, right?
He was more like the skinhead.
The protégé of Cameron Alexander.
Who? Cameron Alexander.
Here you go! Have a look-see.
Cameron Alexander, well,
he's a Venice Beach landmark.
He's probably the biggest distributor and
writer of white-power literature and videos
in L.A. County.
He promotes white-power bands.
He writes reviews.
And in his spare time, this guy
even writes hate columns.
Does he have a record?
He's pretty clean.
Been trying to pin something
to him but it doesn't work.
Trust me. He's behind all of it.
He runs everything out of his
house down by the beach.
RASMUSSEN: There were no white
gangs in Venice Beach
before Cameron Alexander
and Derek Vinyard hooked up.
SWEENEY: Alexander found in Derek
his shining prince.
Essentially, he used Derek
to recruit a slew of insecure
frustrated and impressionable kids.
This kid Vinyard, well,
he's got a lot of baggage
as you'll see in this tape that
we've gotten courtesy of NBC.
REPORTER [ON TV]: Earlier today, L.A. County
firefighter Dennis Vinyard
was sh*t and k*lled battling a blaze
at a suspected Compton drug den.
We're at the Vinyard home right now
and Lieutenant Vinyard's oldest son, Derek,
has agreed to talk with us fro a moment.
Derek, if you could come down
here, please, for just a second.
Look, I know this is tough but
how do you feel right now?
How do you think I feel?
I think it's typical.
Typical, how?
While this country's becoming a haven
for criminals, so what do you expect?
You know, decent, hardworking
Americans like my dad
are getting rubbed out
by social parasites.
Parasites?
Blacks, browns, yellow, whatever.
REPORTER: I don't understand.
You're saying you think maybe your
father's m*rder was race-related?
Yes, race-related.
Every problem in this country is
race-related, not just crime like...
Immigration, AIDS, welfare. Those are
problems of the black community
the Hispanic community, the Asian
community. They're not white problems.
Derek, aren't those issues that
deal more with poverty?
No, you know. They're not products of
their environments either. That's crap.
Minorities don't give two
shits about this country.
They come here to exploit it,
not to embrace it.
Millions of white European-Americans
came here and flourished.
You know, within a generation. So what
the f*ck is the matter with these people?
They have to go around sh**ting at firemen.
What this sentence has to do with the m*rder of your father?
Because my father was m*rder*d doing his job.
Putting out a fire in a f*cking
n*gg*r neighborhood
he shouldn't have
given a sh*t about.
He got sh*t by a f*cking drug dealer who
probably still collects a welfare check.
That's enough.
I'm sorry.
Derek Vinyard was quite released
from Chino earlier this morning
after serving 3 and some-odd years.
I think this is something
we gotta keep an eye on.
If something happens to him,
things could get very ugly
down by the beach.
Just keep it low.
DANNY: Venice Beach didn't always look like this.
It used to be a great neighborhood.
The boardwalk's always been a dump
but when my dad moved us out here,
Venice was a nice, quiet
place to grow up.
Over the years though,
it's just gone to hell.
The gangs are like a plague.
They moved west from Inglewood
and South Central
and basically took over.
It ain't fouling you.
What's wrong with you?
[ALL YELLlNG INDISTINCTLY]
JEROME: f*ck all y'alI.
I ain't got time for all the bullshit.
f*ck y'aIl.
MAN: You all right?
JEROME: I'm aIl right.
Yo, is that that fool
you was telling me about?
Yeah, that's that m*therf*cker.
[HlSSES]
Yeah, man, that's him.
Bitch-ass m*therf*cker.
DANNY: That's why Derek
started the D.O.C.
He said white kids shouldn't have to walk
around scared in their own neighborhood.
For a while there, he really made
it like it was ours again.
Throw the ball. Throw the ball.
Come on, Seth. Block.
Come on, Curtis. Quit chucking it up.
Pass the baIl.
Pass that thing.
D up.
Here we go.
Come on, let's go. Let's go.
Come on.
Look at this f*cking jungle bunny.
He does a spin move every time. Every time.
You ain't getting sh*t, m*therf*cker.
Over here. Over here.
This one's for you, boy!
f*ck you?
Stop that.
Who you calling a boy, m*therf*cker?
You lucky m*therf*cker! I'm through
monkeying around with your ass!
You pale, pastrami-eating,
cr*cker m*therf*cker
a hundred bucks say
I make you my bitch.
Hear? He's trying to make ends meet
for his cut in welfare. You're f*cking on!
It's 8-6, Seth. Danny, when l want
your f*cking opinion, l'll ask for it.
Come on, guys, I can't cover this.
Come on guys! Help me out here.
You have a big f*cking mouth, Seth.
I can take this niglet down.
Seth, you can't take a sh*t. What the
f*ck you thinking if you're not the money?
Derek, I'll b*at him. Give me the money.
Help me up. Shut up.
We got this game on...You're gonna
f*cking embarrass us. Shut up!
I'll take care of this.
Hey.
I got a bet.
I come in this game right now. Same score,
but we play black guys against white guys.
m*therf*cker.
Oh, sh*t.
Name your price, cr*cker.
No money. No money.
For these courts.
And not just today. For good.
If you win, we will walk away.
But if we win,
no bitching, no fighting
right here in front of everybody, you pack up
your sh*t and get your black asses out of here.
Man, f*ck that. Take this bet, man.
8t to 6, our ball.
Let's go.
DEREK: Pick him up. Pick him up.
Seth, get back and play some D!
CAMERON: Come on, Seth.
Come on, let's go.
All right. Defense!
All right.
Pass the f*cking ball, l was wide open.
Damn!
Let's go. Let's go, yo. Let's go.
Pick, pick, Derek!
SETH: Bullshit man! That's f*cking offense.
Get the f*ck out of here. He moved his feet.
If you want to go, I'm ready!
Don't be throwing your f*cking elbows at me!
Want to go?
Adolf h*tler-wannabe m*therf*cker?
What?
k*ll that m*therf*cker! Dead!
Chill out, bro. Chill out.
Wait, it's cool. lt's cool.
ReIax.
CAMERON: You okay?
Yeah. Just give me some water.
You gotta call offense on that sh*t, Der.
Not on game point, Danny.
f*ck that! You can't let n*gg*r*s
get away with that sh*t.
Honey, it's game point.
Shut them down, Derek. Kick some ass.
Watch this.
Get that ball.
Pass the ball, baby. Pass the ball.
Yeah!
Bye-bye.
Get the f*ck off my court.
This is my house.
f*ck you, bitch.
What happened?
I dropped the ball!
Yeah!
Get the f*ck out of here!
This is my court! Yes!
[SETH LAUGHlNG]
Yeah.
DANNY: Derek wouldn't let us
visit him in prison.
He said it would make
it too hard for him
and that if we came,
he wouldn't see us anyhow.
3 years without him,
just wondering...
...and then at 7:00 this morning,
we picked him up outside the gate.
DORIS: Come on, Danny.
DANNY: The whole ride back,
he didn't say anything.
l wanted to stay home, but he said,
"No, go to school. I'll see you later."
Come on! Give the guy a break.
What's the matter? You too big
to give me a hug, tough guy?
DANNY: No, man.
Just know you gonna need someone to look
after you while you adjust to all this space.
Yeah, right.
This place is smaller
than the old living room.
How you doing? How's school?
It's good. It's good.
You gotta do something about that hair, man.
That 'do has gotta go.
I don't know. The girls like it, so...
I don't.
You're keeping it pretty close.
You took it all the way down?
DANNY: Yeah.
sh*t, look, l forgot, man.
It hurt like sh*t while they put it on.
When did you get that?
I got it about a month ago.
Cameron made it official.
Cameron?
Yeah.
He put this on you?
Yeah.
[PHONE RlNGS]
DAVINA: Hello?
What?
DAVINA: Hi. Just hang on a second.
Derek, it's for you.
Nothing. Nothing.
I'll grab it. There a
phone in the back?
I'll get it in the back.
I got it.
Yeah? Oh, hey.
What?
["BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC"]
My eyes have seen the glory
of the trampling at the zoo
We washed ourselves in n*gg*r*s' blood
And all the mongrels' too
We're taking down the ZOG machine
Jew by Jew, by Jew
The white man marches on
You think our friend was behind that?
Well, you know, I don't even care.
I'm gonna take some care of that tonight.
My sweet kid. My baby boy.
What's with the love fest, you guys?
[WHISTLlNG "BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC"]
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
No, no, he'll do it. He'll do it.
I'll make sure he does it.
DAVINA: I'll get it.
Came to see the man. Are you sure
you can fit through the f*cking door?
f*ck you!
Seth.
SETH: What's up, Dan?
How you doing? Where's Derek?
DAVINA: He's on the phone.
Come out, you free m*therf*cker!
Vinyard, where the f*ck are you?
Vinyard!
Hang on.
Give me a minute.
SETH: Vinyard!
No, I'll be out in a minute.
I'm being careful. What am l gonna do? I'm not
gonna stay in my room the rest of my life, you know.
Hold on.
Hey. What the f*ck
is Seth doing here?
Did you invite him over?
No, he always comes over here.
All right. Danny, give me a minute.
Just give me one minute.
Yeah.
Are you still here, Goodyear?
You call me a blimp,
you f*cking Democrat?
When was the last time you were
actually able to see your feet?
Come in here, Danny.
DANNY: Seth.
Hey, man, you going to
Cam's party tonight?
Is Davina's ass watertight?
You're f*cking sick, man.
All right, relax.
Let me ask you a few questions.
Ah, man. I'm not in the mood.
I got homework to do.
Tell me some of the sh*t you've learned,
f*ck-ass, before l p*stol-whip you.
Okay. l believe in death, destruction,
chaos, filth and greed.
Cut the sh*t, Dan. Come on.
Tell me what l wanna hear, assh*le.
You mean that sh*t about your mother, man?
You wanna get f*cking beaten, Danny?
I'm not f*cking talking to you, Davina.
Why don't you shut up?
Look, you gotta let me do this
my own way, all right?
I'll take care of it.
SETH: Who do you hate, Danny?
I hate anyone that isn't white Protestant.
SETH: Why?
They're a burden to the
advancement of the white race.
Some of them are all right, l guess.
None of them are f*cking all right, Danny. Okay!
They're all a bunch of f*cking freeloaders.
Remember what Cam said?
"We don't know them. We don't wanna
know them. They're the f*cking enemy."
What don't you like about them?
And say it with some f*cking conviction.
I hate the fact that it's cool
to be black these days.
SETH: Good.
DANNY: l hate this hip-hop
f*cking influence on white
f*cking suburbia.
Good.
DANNY: And I hate Tabitha Soren
and all her Zionist MTV f*cking pigs
telling us we should get along.
Save the rhetorical bullshit,
Hillary Rodham Clinton
because it ain't gonna f*cking happen.
That's the best sh*t I've heard
come out of your mouth.
Danny, no. l feel sorry for you, Danny.
I know you don't believe in
that sh*t, right? You don't...
Shut up, Davina!
No, you shut the f*ck up!
Get out of the f*cking house now,
you piece of sh*t! Please go.
Is that any way to taIk to a guest?
A friend of the family?
Derek hates you and you don't even realize it.
Hey, how do you know who l hate, Davina?
f*cking A. Back from the dead.
God bless Jesus Christ, man.
God, I think you lost weight, man. l can get
my arms, like, almost all the way around you.
50 f*cking pounds, man.
Jesus, look at this hair. Holy sh*t.
Yeah, I told him it's gotta go.
SETH: It's good to have you back.
Grab your jacket, let's get the f*ck
out of here. Come on! Let's go.
All right. l wanna talk
to him one second.
Look....
Hey, listen,
did you pull some kind
of sh*t in school today?
No, just the usual. I'm telling you,
man, this kid is awesome as hell.
Did you turn in a paper on
Mein Kampf? Yeah.
SETH: That's awesome.
You should've...
SETH: Sweeney probably sh*t his pants.
He did, man.
Is that your idea or Cameron put you
up to that? Did he tell you to do that?
Well, man, I thought it'd be cool.
How'd you know though?
How'd you know any of...?
Doesn't matter how I know.
This kid is smart as hell.
Was that Sweeney on the phone?
Yeah, Sweeney called to tell...
DANNY: Fie on that f*cking n*gg*r man.
SETH: What are you talking to Sweeney for?
DEREK: Relax.
He's got to get a f*cking life.
He pisses me off. Look, no.
Sweeney's a good teacher, all right?
Sweeney is a n*gg*r on a
power trip, Vinyard.
That's what he was like when we
were there and that's how he is now.
And it'll never change either.
Hey, Seth. f*ck that n*gg*r!
Seth, go away. Go away.
What? Are you kidding? No.
Go wait in Danny's room. I wanna
talk to my brother. I'm glad to see you.
I'll be there in one minute.
I'm starving.
Come here. Seriously, look,
Forget this yahoo, alright! He kills bugs for
a living. You don't wanna be like that. No.
I'm serious. lt's not funny.
Sweeney is a good teacher.
You can learn a lot from him.
So don't f*ck it up with
small-fry sh*t like that.
You got to be smarter than that.
You don't understand.
You gotta see the f*cking bullshit
paper he's making me write.
I know about it. He told me
all about it. I don't care.
And you're gona do it. You do
anything he tells you to do. I mean it.
I don't want you getting in trouble
in school trying to impress me,
taking this sh*t in there, all right?
Do you understand what I'm saying?
Yeah, I guess. I mean I was doing it
because I thought you'd be happy.
Well, I'm not.
sh*t. Listen to that.
Yeah, it's been getting worse.
Right, look, don't worry about it.
I'll talk to you about this later, alright?
DANNY: Okay.
She's coughing her lungs out and you
are blowing this sh*t in her face all day.
Put it out.
DANNY: l'm putting it out.
All right. Come on.
Hey. Come on, I wanna talk to you.
[COUGHING]
ALLY: Mommy, are you okay?
What you doing? Put that out.
I'm yelling at him for blowing smoke in
your face and you're here sucking on it.
Nice thing to come home to, huh?
Yeah.
You all right?
[SIGHS]
Look,
you gotta take it easy, alright!
You gotta get some rest.
I want you to take Danny's and
my room and we'll hit the couch. No.
Don't cut the couch bridges. The couch is fine for
now. No, it's not fine. It's not. This is terrible.
We can't live like this.
We gotta get out of here.
ALLY: Can I go with you?
Yeah, we all gotta get out of here.
That's the point.
I can drop out of school
and get a job.
No, absolutely not. You gotta finish.
I'll work something out.
Derek, can we please go eat?
I'm f*cking starving here. I mean I...
I don't give a sh*t!
Go wait in the living room!
God.
I want him out of my house.
I know, I know. Look.
He's an idiot. He's always been an idiot.
Whatever, dude. He can't help it.
I gotta do that paper.
Look, I'm gonna catch up
with you later tonight.
Hey, not at Cameron's. What?
I need you to stay away from there.
Why? I thought we were gonna hang.
Trust me. I'll explain it to you later.
I just need you to stay away
from the party, all right?
Whatever.
Hey, l'm not kidding.
Promise me you're gonna stay
away from that party tonight, Danny.
I'm not f*cking 14 anymore, all right?
Whatever.
God!
Come on, let's go.
Where are you parked?
Out back.
Yeah, that's the whole bunch.
Right.
DANNY: It didn't take long for Derek
to make a name for himself.
And Cameron knew just how to use it.
You sure you don't
wanna stick around?
You know I'd love to, but...
I gotta be careful.
Yeah, I know.
We'll see you back at the house then.
Right.
All right.
Good luck.
DANNY: He sent Derek to the kids
to the frustrated ones.
The ones who were sick of getting their
asses kicked by black and Mexican gangs.
Don't just be some punk,
be part of something.
DEREK: Let's go. Let's go.
Pull it together.
DANNY: And everybody ate it up.
They did whatever Derek told them to.
Let's go. Come on, we're
not here to f*cking socialize.
MAN 1 : Shut the f*ck up.
MAN 2: Check this sh*t out, man.
CURTIS: You want a Iittle toke?
Huh? Go ahead.
Curtis, what is that?
Aw, come on, Derek.
Weed is for n*gg*r*s.
Put that away right now.
CURTIS: Aw, Jesus f*cking Christ.
Have a littIe self-respect.
All right, listen up.
We need to open our eyes.
There's over 2 million illegal immigrants
bedding down in this state tonight.
This state spent $3 billion last year
on services for those people who had
no right to be here in the first place.
3 billion dollars.
400 million dollars just to lock up
a bunch of illegal immigrant criminals
who only got into this country
because the f*cking lNS decided
it's not worth the effort
to screen for convicted felons.
Who gives a sh*t?
Our government doesn't give a sh*t.
Our border policy is a joke.
So is anybody surprised that south
of the border they're laughing at us?
Laughing at our laws.
Yeah.
Every night thousands of these
parasites stream across the border
like some f*cking piňata exploded.
Don't laugh!
There's nothing funny going on here.
This is about your life and mine.
It's about decent, hardworking Americans
falling through the cracks
and getting the shaft. Because
the government cares more about
the constitutional rights of a bunch of people
who aren't even citizens of this country!
On the Statue of Liberty, it says, "Give me
your tired, your hungry, your poor."
Well, it's Americans who are
tired and hungry and poor.
And I say until you take care of that,
close the f*cking book!
Because we're losing.
We're losing our right
to pursue our destiny.
We're losing our freedom
so that a bunch of f*cking foreigners
can come in here and exploit our country.
And this isn't something
that's going on far away.
This isn't something that's happening in
places we can't do anything about it.
It's happening right here! Right in our neighborhood.
Right in that building behind you.
Archie Miller ran that grocery
store since we were kids here.
Dave worked there, Mike worked there.
He went under and now some f*cking
Korean owns it, who fired these guys
and is making a k*lling because he
hired 40 f*cking border-jumpers.
I see this sh*t going on and I don't see
anybody doing anything about it.
And it f*cking pisses me off!
So look around you.
This isn't our f*cking neighborhood.
It's a b*ttlefield.
We're on a b*ttlefield tonight.
Make a decision.
Are we gonna stand on the sidelines,
quietly standing there while
our country gets r*ped?
MEN: f*ck that.
DEREK: Are we gonna ante up
and do something about it? f*ck,yeah!
Hell, yeah!
You're g*dd*mn right we are.
[MEN YELLlNG]
Come here!
Don't you know it's against the law to hire
f*cking border-jumpers, you nip bastard?
[GRUNTS]
f*ck that! f*ck that!
Sweetheart. No, you don't need this.
We're not gonna hurt you.
Please! Please, no!
You f*cking spic!
You know?
I think this bitch is hungry.
This bitch stinks.
Get me cleaning products.
Smells like fish and chips
and guacamole.
Here we go.
Yeah, that's it.
[CASHlER CRYING]
MAN 3: Get the f*ck up!
MAN 4: Get down!
[SPEAKS IN SPANlSH]
Have some f*cking beans,
you g*dd*mn beaner.
Yeah!
Take my job.
You donkey!
MAN 5: Get some of that in there.
Throw it on, throw it on.
MAN 5: Hey, that's a great color on you, you know.
You can get a white
woman's job, bitch.
MAN 5: A little better than this one?
White.
MAN 5: You can move up in the world?
assh*le!
DEREK: Come on! Let's go. We're out of here.
Everybody out. Let's go. Now. Now!
All right, let's go! Let's go!
MAN 3: Let's go.
Come on, let's go, let's go, let's go.
Let's go.
No green card, no f*cking work,
comprendes?
Come on. Come on!
DEREK: Go, go, go.
We're f*cking done! Come on!
DANNY: Dad was gone.
But things were almost normal again.
Derek had a good job.
Mom was starting to live a little.
Everyone was feeling so good
that we just didn't see it coming.
Maybe we should have.
The irony is that most of the stores
that were destroyed during the riots
were owned by black people.
That's stupid though. I mean
why trash your own neighborhood?
Well, that's my point.
It's an irrational act.
It's like an expression of rage
by people who feel neglected
and turned away by the system.
Exactly. I mean, it's like
we had in Watts
or the riots in Chicago in '68
DEREK: It's crap. I don't
buy that for a minute.
Calling a riot an irrational expression
of rage, that's such a cop-out.
It's opportunism at its worst.
That's a bunch of people
grabbing any excuse they can find
to go and loot a store, nothing more.
Another fact, these people
ripped off the stores
in their own communities all
reflects the degree to which
these people absolutely have
no respect for the law at all.
And certainly no concept of, like,
community or civic responsibility.
Wait a minute. White people commit
crimes against white people too.
But they're not offing each other
in record numbers all over America.
Look at the statistics, for chrissake.
One in every 3 black males is in
some phase of the correctional system.
Is that a coincidence or do these people have,
you know like, a racial commitment to crime?
Not only that. They're proud of it.
Well, maybe it says something about
prejudice in the judicial system.
Yeah, if you wanna talk
about criminal statistics,
you should wanna take a look at the
social inequalities that produce them.
Yap, yap. You know what?
That's exactly what I hate because
what you doing, Davina, is taking one
thing and calling it something else
and just, you know, alleviating the responsibility
that these people have for their own actions.
You know, it's like saying:
"It's not a riot, it's rage.
It's not crime, it's poverty."
It's just nonsense. It's bullshit.
It's exactly what happened in this trial too.
Because the media twisted things around so
people gotta focused on, you know, these cops
whether or not they'd get convicted
and whether Rodney King's civil
rights had been violated. I mean
everybody lost sight
of Rodney King himself.
I mean he is a multiple
felon by his own admission.
He's high as a g*dd*mn kite, driving
120 miles an hour down the highway.
He gets pulled over by a bunch
of cops and he att*cks them.
He att*cked police officers.
That's the bottom line. And he walked.
And there's some yahoo with a video
camera who turned it on halfway through
so all we see is them hitting him.
Exactly you know. Powell and Koon winding
up and cracking him with billy clubs
and Briseno's kicking him in the back
of the skull. So it looks severe.
You know and people behind:
"Oh, this poor guy."
This poor guy who att*cked 4 cops.
And those cops end up on the
stand defending themselves
for using absolutely standard,
textbook seIf-defense procedures.
I don't think the tape showed that at all.
You didn't think so?
And what, you're an authority, Ma?
Murray, what do you think?
I did think that the police used
their clubs rather excessively.
Who you to say what's excessive?
I think it was totally appropriate.
I think they're in a better position to
make that judgement call than you are.
In fact, we as society, grant cops a certain
amount of authority to make those callls
because we acknowledge that their
job is difficult and dangerous.
You know? Unfortunately, very few
people, like, respect that authority.
Look who's talking about respect
here, Mr. Junior-KKK.
What?
Davina.
You wanna go to college, Davina.
You should learn to listen.
Derek. I didn't say I respected laws.
I acknowledge a cop's authority.
I don't respect any laws that let monkeys
like Rodney King back on the street.
Second, I am not, as you well know,
a member of a low-rent, disorganized
bunch of rednecks like the f*cking KKK.
Please. So take your
head out of your ass.
You've gotten off the point.
I mean
I had a point. That wasn't any point.
Do you have one? What is your point, Derek?
All right, think about this.
If Danny had been walking
across the street that night
and Rodney King had plowed into him.
Can we just drop this Rodney King thing?
Who would like some dessert?
We're having a discussion.
We're having a nice discussion, right?
If Rodney King had been driving along,
hopped up on Chivas Regal and PCP
and k*lled Danny, you'd sing
a very different tune about the...
I didn't see him hit anybody
in the tape and neither did you.
He didn't happen to k*ll anybody.
Thank God.
Keep it down, okay? Ally's sleeping.
If he had, though? Come on, think about it.
If that f*cking monkey had run some kid over
everybody would have a very different
opinion of this whole matter.
They'd be focused on Rodney King
and not on these officers.
But instead, he just att*cked a few cops.
And so all of the sudden it's Hands Across
America for this f*cking total son of a bitch.
I mean, it blows my mind.
We're so hung up on this
notion we have some
obligation to help the struggling
black man. You know,
cut him some slack until he can
overcome these historical injustices.
It's crap. This stuff you guys
are saying just perpetuates it.
All this liberal nonsense.
You know.
Everyone's turning looking the other way
while our country rots from inside out.
In Christ, Lincoln freed the slaves,
what, like, 130 years ago.
How long does it take
to get your act together?
Well, Jews have been persecuted
for over 5000 years.
Are you saying that it's wrong to
feel sensitive about anti-Semitism?
STACEY: Forget that. I'm with you.
I am with you alI the way, baby.
I'm so sick of these liberal hypocrites.
Here we go again. l love this part.
This is great! Well, look at the way
that they scapegoated Chief Gates.
I mean you'd tell me they'd come down
that hard on black Willie Williams?
No way! Because that videotape was a setup to get
rid of Gates. Jesus Christ. Can I please be excused?
Yes. No, you cannot.
Don't interrupt.
Excuse me, I was talking.
I listened to you.
Don't interrupt her.
Who the hell do you think you are?
She's right in the middle of making a point.
Who the hell do you think you are?
Hey Davina, sit down!
No. f*ck you!
DEREK: Sit down! Be quiet! Shut up!
MURRAY: Derek, calm down.
Sit down! No.
Derek, calm down.
Shut up!
Don't tell him to shut up!
No. Sit your ass down!
f*ck move! No.
Sit down, shut your mouth!
Get out of my way! Move!
g*dd*mn it, Derek, move!
Sit down, shut your mouth and
give my girlfriend some respect.
Derek, what are you trying to prove?
Murray, stay out of it! Come here. Hey.
Where do you think you're going? Get back.
Derek, let her go! Derek, let her go! Stop.
DEREK: Come here!
You need to learn some
f*cking manners, Davina.
Shut your f*cking mouth!
Shut up! Derek!
Stop!
She can't breathe!
DORIS: Let her go!
Will you apologize?
Will you apologize?
Are you?
You're a f*cking assh*le.
I hate you!
What are you doing, Derek?
This is your family.
Right, my family. So you know what?
I don't give two shits about you or
anybody else or what you think.
You're not part of it you never will be.
That has nothing to do with it!
DEREK: lt doesn't?
You don't think l see what
you're trying to do here?
You think I'll sit here and smile while
some f*cking kike tries to f*ck my mother?
It's never gonna happen, Murray!
f*cking forget it. Not on my watch.
Not while I'm in this family.
I will f*cking cut your Shylock nose
off and stick it up your ass
before I let that happen.
Coming in here
and poisoning my family's dinner with
your Jewish, n*gg*r-loving, hippie bullshit?
f*ck you!
Yeah, walk out.
assh*le-f*cking, Cabala-reading
m*therf*cker!
Get the f*ck out of my house!
You see this?
That means "not welcome."
What did l do?
You disgust me, you know that?
You disgust me. Bring him to our table,
primping your hair and your dress!
Don't touch me! All tarted up!
What did l do to you?
How could you bring him to my father's table?
How could you go from Dad to that?
Aren't you ashamed?
I'm ashamed that you came out of my body!
Go run to your f*cking kike!
Go run to him!
It's okay. I'm proud of you, baby.
I'm so sorry, Doris.
I really am.
He's gone.
He's just a boy
without a father.
Doris, you don't know the world
your children are living in.
Goodbye.
Hey. You all right?
Take this, you f*cking d*ck!
Hey, no. No, come here!
f*ck you!
Davina, calm down!
Get off me!
Calm down!
Let me go, g*dd*mn it!
Sorry. f*ck you!
I'm sorry.
I would never hurt you.
You know that.
Come on, I screwed up.
I lost control.
It's not you.
I'm sorry.
Come on, I'd never hurt you guys.
I'd never hurt you.
You know that. I'd do anything for you.
I don't believe you.
I trust you, Derek.
[FRONT DOOR OPENS]
Hi.
Hi. What are you doing out of bed?
Want a plane ride?
Yeah.
DANNY: Going for takeoff.
Woo-hoo!
Oh, no.
No, no! Don't crash!
Gotta go to Mom.
She's a crazy flier.
Kiss Mom. Oh, yeah.
Okay.
You don't feel too hot.
No, it's in my chest.
What are you up to?
I'm just thinking.
It is a lot of that going around.
I don't even know how we
got here sometimes. Mom.
I feel like I let you all down.
I don't even know when it happened.
Mom, it's okay.
Yeah?
Yeah.
It's cold in here.
No wonder you're sick.
No, you don't get sick from cold,
you get sick from germs.
DANNY: No, you get sick from smoking.
You gotta quit it.
It's not good for you.
[LAUGHS]
What are you looking at me like that for?
When are you gonna let that
beautifuI hair grow back?
The day you quit smoking.
Deal.
I better get Ally to bed.
Say good night to Mom.
Then you have to go to bed. Come on.
Good night, Mama.
Good night, baby.
DANNY: Good night, good night.
DANNY: I go back to that night
again and again in my mind.
I try to stop it from happening.
I want you out of this house.
That's fine. I'll be gone in the morning.
STACEY: He can move in with me.
DANNY: In my mind, I imagine
what would've happened
if I hadn't gone into that
room and told him.
Danny, get down!
No, Danny!
Mommy!
n*gg*r, you just f*cked
with the wrong bull.
Come here!
Get off!
You should've learned your place
on the f*cking basketball court!
But you f*cking monkeys
never get the message!
My father gave me that truck,
you m*therf*cker!
You ever sh**t at firemen?
You come here, you sh**t at my family?
I'm gonna teach you a
real lesson, m*therf*cker.
Put your f*cking mouth on the curb.
Come on, man!
Put it on the curb! Right now!
That's it.
Derek, no!
No!
DEREK: Now say good night.
[POLlCE SlRENS WAILING]
Fucker.
Drop your w*apon!
Put your w*apon on the ground!
Put your hands up!
I said, get your hands up!
Now turn around!
Put your hands behind your head!
Get down on your knees right now!
DAVINA: It's all right.
It's all right.
Let's go.
Come on.
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
Who is that? She ain't
gonna open the door?
I don't know. Someone's right
there f*cking looking at us. Hello?
Danny, it's for you.
DANNY: I'll be right there.
Open the door, Danny!
It's f*cking freezing!
Danny, this party's gonna be sick!
Come on, Danny!
[SINGlNG WHITE SUPREMAClST SONG]
SETH: I'm gonna go get some beers.
Hey, what a party, fat Seth?
I'm not fat, assh*le! I'm husky.
What the f*ck's up, Seth?
Drink up, Danny, before
your brother sees you.
Holy f*ck. He's here?
Yeah, right he's here.
He's f*cking here.
Go pay your respects.
f*ck you, Seth.
Let's go talk to Cameron, Danny.
Father Vinyard? How's it going, man?
I'm Jason and he is my buddy, Chris.
We're friends with your brother.
You are a f*cking god, man!
Oh, sh*t, yeah.
STACEY: Derek!
DEREK: Hey.
I thought you turned that paper in.
I did
and now f*cking Murray turned me in
and so Sweeney's making
me write another one.
Good old Sweeney.
He never stops trying, does he?
He's one of those proud-to-be-n*gg*r
people. I hate those guys.
Now, wait a minute, Danny.
He's not proud.
He's a manipulative,
self-righteous Uncle Tom.
He's trying to make you feel guilty
about writing about Adolf h*tler. Yeah.
Some n*gg*r, some spic writes
about Martin Luther King
or f*cking Cesar "Commie" Chavez
gets a pat on the head.
Yeah.
I mean, you can see the
hypocrisy in that, can't you?
Definitely.
STACEY: Come on, let's go. Let's go.
No, listen to me.
I wanna see you, okay? I do.
But I gotta take care of something tonight.
Okay.
You understand?
Yeah. I'm here.
When you're ready, I'm here.
Look, would you do something
with me? Anything.
Leave with me.
Leave where?
Leave here. Leave all this.
Just come with me.
Why would you wanna leave? They
worship you. You're like a god to them.
I mean if you think we
had it good before,
wait till you see what it's like now.
Listen, I don't want all that.
I don't want my family involved. Everything
I've done here has f*cked it all up.
Do you understand? Would you
think what you did was wrong?
Oh, baby. Oh, come on.
Those n*gg*r*s got exactly
what they deserved
and we all know that.
I understand you just got out
but no one's gonna hurt you.
No one can touch you.
I mean there's a small
army out there.
We won't let a bunch of spooks
kick us out of here.
You're not listening to me, okay?
I'm not scared.
I don't want it anymore.
I'm done with it. I'm through with this.
It's....
It's bullshit, Stacey.
Listen, you don't need this, Stacey.
Come on, trust me.
If you wanna be with me,
just trust me. Come with me.
Come on.
You're nuts.
You are nuts. No way.
I don't think you realize
what's been going on here.
We are 10 times what we were
and we are bloody organized.
I mean, it is like nothing
you have ever seen!
This is a mistake. Forget it.
Wait a second. Wait a second.
What was a mistake?
Stacey, just say goodbye.
Just say goodbye.
This isn't you.
I know you.
You don't know anything about me, Stacey.
Hey. Are you Danny's brother?
Yeah.
LlZZY: Tell him Lizzy's looking for him.
Lizzy. Thank you.
We'll let the n*gg*r*s, kikes and sp*cs
grab for their piece of the pie.
Can't blame them.
Of course, they're gonna
have to fight to get it.
And if we scare the f*ck out of people
and a few people get k*lled
in the process, so be it.
DEREK: You'll put that
in your paper, Danny?
Hey, man.
Well, look who's here.
The return of the soldier.
What are you doing here, Danny?
Come on, man. I had to check it out.
You knew I was gonna come.
CAMERON: Let the kid alone, Derek.
He knows when to go to bed.
Go wait outside. Come on Der,
I'm not doing anything.
Come on! There's a little
blond girl sitting out there.
She keeps asking for you.
She's dying. Come on.
Ok, well, I gotta check out.
Go easy on her.
All right.
Wait for me right outside.
Take it easy.
Chill out.
You're on safe ground.
You don't have to watch
your ass around here.
Come on, sit down. Relax.
You know, I'm sorry.
The party was a little quick.
But we're just so damned
glad you're back, Derek.
It's only natural you should feel a little funny.
I don't feel funny, Cam.
You know, you made the fat kid a little nervous.
He thinks the joint messed with your mind.
It did.
Glory, glory hallelujah
Glory, glory hallelujah
The white man marches on
You see, things have changed
since you've been gone, Derek.
You talk about organization?
Wait till you see what we've
done with the Internet.
We've got every g*ng from Seattle
to San Diego working together now.
They're not competing anymore.
They're consolidated.
Only thing we lack is a
little overall leadership.
And that's where you come in.
Because people out there, they've
got a lot of respect for you, Derek.
When you're ready, you'll come talk to me about it.
Well, you can forget about that.
I'm done with it, Cam.
Yeah, well, I know you
grew out of that
shaved-head bullshit a
long time ago, thank God.
I like your hair the way it is now.
You see, that's what I mean, Derek.
We're thinking bigger now.
No more of this f*cking grocery store.
You're not listening to me.
I am done with it. All that bullshit
out there and all your bullshit too.
I'm out.
I understand how you feel. I mean
you've just done some hard time.
Don't you f*cking talk
to me about hard time.
You don't know a thing about it.
Yeah, I've done mine.
You didn't do sh*t. I found out
about your little prison story.
You did 2 months, then rolled over on
2 kids and let them go down for you.
So don't feed me your
f*cking lies, Cameron!
All right. This is stupid.
I'm done.
You go cool off.
Get laid. Do something.
Get your head on straight,
then I'll talk to you.
But it doesn't really matter
if I don't, does it?
Because you got the next crop all
lined up and ready to go
you f*cking chicken hawk!
Excuse me?
You prey on people, Cam!
You use them!
I lost 3 years of my life
for your f*cking phony cause
but I am onto you now,
you f*cking snake.
Hey, Derek. Watch it. Be careful.
Remember where you are.
This is not some f*cking country club
where you can waltz in and out of here.
Shut up! Shut the f*ck up!
I came in here to tell you one thing:
I am out. Out!
And Danny is out too.
And if you come near my family
again, I'm gonna f*cking k*ll you.
Well, excuse me, but f*ck you, Derek.
You can't come barking threats at me.
Look, you can do whatever you
want but Danny is a good kid.
He's not some whining p*ssy like you.
He needs my help and I'm gonna give it to him.
If you come near Danny again,
I will feed you your f*cking
heart, Cameron.
I won't have to.
He'll come to me.
I'm more important to him
now than you'll ever be.
[GRUNTS]
sh*t!
You're a f*cking dead man, Vinyard.
[CAMERON MOANS]
Hey, hey. Where's Cameron?
Where the f*ck is he?
Hey, Derek.
Stay away from me, Stacey. Danny!
Why don't you share
what you just said to me
you piece-of-sh*t, race-trading n*gg*r!
MAN: f*cking n*gg*r?
You monkey-f*cking traitor!
Are you a f*cking n*gg*r?
Hey, Danny! Come on.
He's a f*cking n*gg*r. n*gg*r. n*gg*r.
SETH: Cam's out cold!
Where the f*ck are you going?
MAN: He's got a g*n!
Yo, back up, back up.
DANNY: Seth.
You make me f*cking sick!
Seth! Put down the f*cking g*n!
MAN: Go ahead. sh**t to k*ll.
sh**t him! Do it, Seth! sh**t him!
DANNY: Seth. Holy sh*t.
GIRL: Traitor.
Kick his ass.
Seth!
Do it, Seth, do it.
STACEY: Do it! sh**t him!
SETH: Oh, God.
Back up. Move.
Back up. Back up. Back the f*ck up.
Move. Move.
Easy, Derek. Hey.
Danny, easy.
f*ck you. Who do you think you are?
Danny, Danny. Relax. Relax.
Who do you think you are?
Danny. Take it easy, Dan. Take it easy.
I f*cking hate you, Der!
All right. I mean it.
Hey, come on. Come on.
Shut up. Shut up.
Take it easy.
What's happened to you, Der?
Take it easy. Take it easy.
What's happened to you, Der?
Come on. Come on.
DANNY: This is so f*cked.
Look. I'm sorry. All right?
You weren't supposed to see that
tonight. I told you not to come.
f*ck you, man.
That was so f*cked up.
I know. I know.
God. It wasn't supposed to
happen that way, all right?
DANNY: That was f*cked up.
That's all there is to it.
Not what I had planned.
It just all went to sh*t.
It went to sh*t.
Totally out of control.
What's f*cking happening to you, man?
Hey. Look at me.
I can't go back to that, Dan.
Can't go back to what?
To any of it. Those guys, the g*ng,
that life. I'm done with it.
What happened to you up there?
GUARD: C Block! Back at the chow!
Don't be late today, you piece of sh*t!
Let's go! You wanna eat today?
Get up! 5 minutes!
This is my f*cking house! Get up!
What the f*ck's your problem,
you assh*le?
Move!
Joe, open the f*cking gates.
All right, back up.
[BELL RINGS THEN LOCKS BUZZ]
5 minutes. Step forward.
Those beds better be made.
DEREK: After 2 days in that place, I didn't
think I' was gonna make it a week.
GUARD: Come on there, m*therf*ckers.
You wanna eat today,
you f*cking piece of sh*t?
You white-trash piece of sh*t.
You think you're f*cking special like fish?
Button that top button.
Let's go! Move!
Are you f*cking eyebaIling me?
Don't eyeball-f*ck me, assh*le.
I'll f*cking k*ll you.
f*cking keep my eye on
you, white piece of sh*t.
Don't f*cking eyeball me, boy
or I'll f*cking skull-f*ck you!
Step forward.
Turn to the left.
Step forward to chow. Let's go.
Come on.
Hey, fish, straight ahead.
Straight ahead, fucker.
Let's go.
DEREK: All the wrong people
knew who I was anyway
so I figured I'm just gonna put up
a flag and hope a friend sees it.
That's the catapult right there.
How you doing?
Good.
Have a seat.
Spike. Good to meet you.
Hey.
Don't f*ck with me, all right? Because
I'm the most dangerous man in this prison.
You know why?
Because I control the underwear.
All right, we pick them up over here
and we sort them over there.
I hope you work out, all right?
Because the last guy they sent me
didn't wear no drawers, couldn't
read the sizes in the drawers
and used to sniff the drawers,
all right?
We got two sizes: medium and large.
All right?
All you gotta do is put the
mediums with the mediums
and the large with the large,
all right?
Look, it's a boring job, but it's better
than that last sh*t they had me doing.
I spent two years in the kitchen,
scrubbing hot-ass pots and pans.
That, you don't wanna do.
All right?
So you should be happy that
you landed this job, all right?
Ain't no telling what the hell
they'll have you do in the joint.
By the way,
what are you in for?
Probably robbed some old lady?
[LAMONT LAUGHS]
Okay, I know your kind, right?
Badass peckerwood with an attitude.
Well, let me teIl you something, man.
You better watch your ass.
Because in the joint
you the n*gg*r, not me.
DEREK: l was a year in.
I thought I was cruising.
Then everything started
getting complicated.
MITCH: I'll take care of that, all right?
What the f*ck is that?
DEREK: What's that all about?
Oh, that's just politics, man.
Favors, you know.
He's doing favors for that f*cking spic?
Mitch has got a little something extra
on the side with them boys, you know.
You're kidding, right?
No.
That's bullshit, man.
Somebody should say something to him.
What the f*ck is he thinking?
Mitch is the only reason why
you're not a corpse right now.
Remember that.
You know what? l don't f*cking give a sh*t.
I can take care of myself.
He shouldn't be doing that.
I'm getting sick of it, man. There
is a lot of hard talk around here
and not a lot of follow-through.
I think you'd better chill out
on the preaching bullshit, okay? We're
getting a little tired of that sh*t around here.
Ease up on it.
What are you doing here, Doris?
I was in the neighborhood.
Well, look, I told you I don't want
you all coming up here to see me...
I don't care what you told me, okay?
I need to talk to you now.
So how is everyone?
Davina's great.
She's getting straight A's almost.
And, Ally's walking,
starting to talk a little.
How's Danny?
Danny?
Danny.
He holds you up so high.
He thinks you're the greatest.
He's always bragging about
you to Cameron
and all his new friends.
He's starting to remind me of you.
Jesus, don't sound so worried, all right?
I'm sure he's fine.
I mean, he's 16 years old, Doris. He's not
gonna be a little angel forever, you know?
You think because I watched
my first-born f*ck up his entire life
that I can sit here and see my baby
follow him down the same toilet?
You know what?
I can't fix all this sh*t from up here, okay?
Don't blame this sh*t to me.
I'm not asking you to.
Because it all makes me feel bad. I'm trying to
get through this and you're just making it harder.
You think you're the only one
doing time, Derek?
You think you're here all alone?
You think I'm not in here with you?
f*ck, man.
Come on man! Look, everyday I watch you go through
these sheets like you gonna get to the end of them.
Look, n*gga, will you chill the f*ck out?
g*dd*mn! No matter how fast
you get through them, man
they're gonna keep bringing
them in and bringing them in.
Throwing them around ain't gonna do a damned
thing but gives you a f*cking heart att*ck.
An you know what?
That's cool with me.
But now you're gonna give me
a g*dd*mn heart att*ck too!
I know, I know. I'm just a
dumb stupid n*gg*r, right?
What do I know?
I know I ain't the one getting mad
at them damn sheets though.
As a matter of fact, the only sheets
I get mad at? I'll tell you.
All right boys, this is
what we gonna do.
We gonna hate some n*gg*r*s.
We gonna hate some g*dd*mn n*gg*r*s.
That's all we'll do, is hate some n*gg*r*s all day.
I don't know what a n*gg*r is,
but you know we'll hate them.
My cousin Derek is
in the pen right now
working next to a n*gg*r,
driving him n*gg*r crazy."
See? That's the ticket.
Nice and easy.
Now we can ignore each other in peace.
I go, "What you doing?"
you Know what he tells me?
He goes, "lt's better than
the pig I just tried to f*ck."
[LAUGHlNG]
MAN 1: Never lets me finish a joke...
MAN 2: Why don't you telI a joke?
MAN 3: Did you f*ck him too?
MAN 1 : Whatever. I get back to win her,
she's laying on her back. She likes...
What's up?
MAN 2: Will you get to the f*cking point?
Jesus Christ.
DEREK: He was taking it from the Mexicans
and dealing it out to his own people.
He didn't believe in sh*t.
None of them did.
Hey. Hey, Vinyard!
What?
Come on, man. Don't look at me like that.
You know what that smells like, right?
Come on, don't tell me this smell
doesn't remind you of a woman.
God, I miss this smell, man.
Know, the job I had on the outside
wasn't much better than this one.
But at least I got to go home every night
and lie down next to this sweet smell, man.
God, I miss that.
You got a woman?
Yeah, you got a woman, man.
Let me give you some advice. All right?
She comes to visit you
whatever you do, no matter what,
don't let her leave here in a fight, man.
Don't let her walk out of here with
a bad attitude. Because if you do,
you spend next week wondering if she's out getting her
f*ck on with somebody else. You know what I'm saying?
So, when she comes to see you, man, it's
nothing but sweet talk through that glass, man.
Send her away floating, all right?
Because it's not like the real world.
You know where you can fight?
But it's cool to fight because you can
make up and have that make-up sex.
You know what I'm saying? That angry sex.
That sex with an attitude.
Where you just lay on your back and let
her take out all that aggression on you.
All guys know that, man.
That's that good sex.
It's that pow, pow, pow.
Let her get on top and she's
gonna punish you first, right?
[AS WOMAN] "You been a bad boy, huh?
You been a bad boy and
I'm gonna punish you.
I'm gonna put it on you.
Don't you ever let me catch you
looking at another woman.
Yeah. I may forgive you if you bring it.
I think I can. I forgive.
I forgive. Oh, right there. Right there.
You hitting it. My spot.
That's it. Right. Yeah. Yeah.
Yes. I forgive you.
I forgive you. I for...l for... I forgive you.
I love you!"
GUARD: Let's keep it moving.
How do you figure the Lakers to ever
be a bigger dynasty than the Celtics?
The Lakers are like a flare-up. A fluke.
I mean like...Are you crazy?
One good coach for 4 years.
The Celtics are like a dynasty!
Come on, man. The Celtics were, like,
the ugliest team in the history of sports.
A dynasty of ugly m*therf*ckers, man.
Look at Kevin McHale.
James Worthy. The guy has
a head like a melon, 20...
No, he had ladies.
I can't even talk to you.
I don't even know what you're saying.
You are tweaking.
Boston Celtics.
How many is that?
That's enough.
Enough? All right.
I lost count, man.
Doesn't matter, man.
All right.
Who's counting anyway?
Alright, I wanna know something.
What the f*ck landed you in here?
You didn't k*ll anybody. You're
too skinny for a gangbanger.
Only that a bitch, alright? Don't judge a book by
its cover, man. I can throw these things, all right?
You know what I'm saying?
Whatever. Come on. What did you do?
Yo, man, it's none of your business,
all right? It's embarrassing, all right?
Come on! What?
Everybody in here is embarrassed.
You think? Nobody in here
got away with anything.
What did you do?
Look, man. I stole a TV, all right?
So you stole a TV. What's
embarrassing about that?
I stole a TV from a store that was right
next door to a doughnut shop, all right?
I run out, the store owner's
running behind me, yelling, bam.
I run into 3 cops, all right?
Alright, see. I told you it was
embarrassing and you laugh.
Wait a second. Wait a second.
That doesn't make sense.
No, you didn't get 6 years
for stealing a TV.
Come on.
I go in the store, I come out,
the police officer grabs my arm,
TV falls on his foot and breaks it.
They said I threw the TV at the officer.
as*ault. 6 years.
Come on. Tell the truth.
You chucked it at him or something.
Like I said, I came out of the store
he grabbed my arm, it fell on his foot.
Now what you got for me, baby?
What you got for me?
There you go, baby. Yeah, baby.
That's what I'm talking about!
Put some D on him, now.
f*ck you.
Get a towel! Hold him. Hold him.
You wanna be a n*gg*r, sweet boy?
f*ck you!
We're gonna treat you like one.
Come on.
[GRUNTING]
[MEN LAUGHlNG]
f*ck you.
That was real sweet.
f*ck you!
How is he?
Well, he took 6 stitches.
SWEENEY: Hey, man.
[DEREK SOBBING]
[SWEENEY SlGHS]
Oh, man, what the hell are
you doing here, anyway?
Well, I came to talk about Danny but
we don't have to do that right now.
I brought you some books.
Well, what about him? You know?
Don't keep me in suspense.
He's headed right where you are.
Oh, man, you know what? My mother
already laid this trip on me, man.
Danny's not my responsibility.
You know?
What do you expect me to do with that? It
doesn't help me. Am I supposed to feel guilty?
I don't want you to do anything. I need
to know the truth about how you feel.
Well, what? You think I
want him in here? I mean....
I don't know. l don't know what
I feel. I'm all...
I feel a little inside out.
You know, I don't know.
There's some things
that don't fit.
Well, that happens.
Look, you are too damn smart
to be floating around here
pretending you don't see
the holes in this bullshit.
Listen,you know I said I was confused.
I didn't say I didn't believe in it.
All right.
That's why you have to stay open.
Right now, your anger is consuming you.
Your anger is shutting down
the brain God gave you.
God, man.You've been talking about what's
going on in me since I was in high school.
How the f*ck do you know so much
about what's going on inside me?
No, I know about me.
I know about this place.
I know about the place you are in.
What do you know
about the place I'm in?
There was a moment
when I used to blame
everything and everyone
for all the pain and suffering
and vile things that happened to me
that I saw happen to my people.
I used to blame everybody.
Blame white people.
Blame society. Blame God.
I didn't get no answers because
I was asking the wrong questions.
You have to ask the right questions.
Like what?
Has anything you've done
made your life better?
No.
You gotta help me now.
Just help me.
Get me out of here, you know?
I'm up in 4 months for review.
Put in a word for me.
I already have. So you're
out there, then what?
I don't wanna f*ck up
my family anymore.
I'll go as far away as I can get.
That's not good enough.
You want my help, you gotta do better
than that. My help is not unconditional.
But running just ain't good enough.
[MITCH LAUGHING]
f*ck him.
f*ck him. f*ck him.
Let the n*gg*r*s have him.
Yo, what's up, D?
Yo, what's all that bullshit you
pulled in the mess hall, man?
Are you out of your f*cking mind?
Are you f*cking crazy?
D! Look at me, man!
You can't make it on your own.
Look, I'm not afraid of those f*cking pussies, Ok?
There was 6 of them and they jumped me.
It's not gonna happen again.
I hope they f*cking try.
Look, I'm not talking about
your peckerwood friends!
They were protecting your stupid ass!
You dissed them in public.
Now you're on your f*cking own!
Man, I'm talking about the brothers,
all right?
They're gonna f*ck you, toss your salad,
then smoke your m*therf*cking ass!
Tell me something I don't already know.
You think I haven't thought about that?
They're gonna come for me
and there's nothing I can do.
What can I do, man?
DEREK: So I was right back where I started.
Every day, I was sure it was my day.
Every time I stepped out of my cell.
Every time I got in that shower.
I figured it was only a matter of
time before they made a move.
I just hoped that it'd be quick.
But it never came.
I couldn't figure it out because I
knew some of them were itching for it.
But after a while, I just
put my head down and
read the stuff that Sweeney
sent me and I kept to myself.
The last 6 months in that
place, I was like a ghost.
What's up, man? You getting out?
Come on, man. What the f*ck you waiting on?
Get the f*ck on out of here, man.
Yeah, you know, I got this funny feeling.
Oh, yeah? What's that?
I'm thinking maybe the only reason I'm
getting out of here in one piece is you.
Come on, man.
Get the f*ck out of here, man!
You think I'm gonna put my neck on
the line for a crazy-ass peckerwood?
Yeah. Right. Stupid.
That's what I thought.
I owe you, man.
Man, you don't owe me sh*t, all right?
Yes, I do.
You'll be out of here in no time.
Come on, man. It's a piece
of cake, man. All right?
You just take it easy on the brothers,
all right? The brothers!
God, man.
I'm sorry, Der.
Sorry that happened to you.
No, I'm not. I'm lucky.
I feel lucky because
it's wrong, Dan.
It's wrong and it was eating me up.
It was gonna k*ll me.
And I kept asking myself all the time
how did I buy into this sh*t,
you know?
And it's just because I was pissed off.
And nothing I ever did
ever took that feeling away.
I mean, I k*lled two guys, Danny.
I k*lled them.
And that didn't make me
feel any different.
It just got me more lost. And I'm
tired of feeling pissed off, Danny.
I'm just tired of it.
And I'm not telling you what to do.
I'm really not.
But I need you to understand.
Because I love you and
you're my best friend.
Do you understand?
Yeah, I understand.
All right.
Whoo!
Jesus.
[BOTH LAUGHING]
[DORlS COUGHS]
Hey.
Hi.
Everything okay?
DEREK: No, everything's great.
Great. Yeah.
You wanna sleep in our room?
No, thank you. This is good. I'm fine.
You sure?
Thank you.
All right. Come on, let's go.
Good night.
I'm gonna take a shower, all right?
DANNY: It's hard to look back and
see the truth about people you love.
I think if you asked Derek why it all went
the way it did, and where it all started
he'd still say it started when
our father was m*rder*d.
But the truth is, it started earlier.
All right. Are we all meeting
together for the game tonight?
Yes, definitely.
Ben's Burgers, 7:00, then
we go watch the big guy play.
DORIS: Okay. Yeah.
Psyching up for the game?
Yeah, I'm always ready for that.
I got an English exam 3rd period.
I'm having a heart att*ck. I'm not ready.
What's the matter,
afraid you're gonna get a B?
Might do you good. B minus.
Don't laugh. I'm tiring.
This guy is different.
Dr. Sweeney! This guy's unbelievable.
I've never had a teacher like this.
He's got two Ph.D.s. I don't know
what he's doing teaching at our school.
He's not like other teachers.
What's he got you reading?
We got this essay exam on
this book, Native Son.
All on this one book. Native Son.
What's that? I don't know that.
DORIS: That's a big surprise.
What? I read.
Honey, they don't teach
Tom Clancy at school.
Well, they don't.
So, what is it? What is this Native Son?
What is it?
It's like this book about
this black guy, you know
We're doing this whole
black literature unit.
What is it, Black History Month?
No, it's just like....
This guy Sweeney, you know,
it's part of the course now.
Yeah.
What?
Nothing. It's just, you know.
It's everywhere I look now.
What?
This affirmative blaction.
Honey, a few new books doesn't
qualify as affirmative black action.
Read the book, ace the guy's test.
Just don't swallow everything
he feeds you whole.
You know, just because you see it on
the evening news. I know but like what?
All this stuff about making everything equal.
It's not that simple.
Look, now you got this book, Native Son.
What happened to the other
books in the course?
They're not any good anymore because
Mr. Two-Ph.D.s says they aren't?
Are you gonna trade in great books
for black books? Does that make sense?
You gotta question these things, Derek.
You gotta look at the whole picture.
We're talking about books here.
But I'm also talking about my job.
I got two black guys on my
squad now who got their job
over a couple of white guys who
actually scored higher on the test.
That make sense? Yeah sure,
everything's equal now
but I got two guys watching my
back, responsible for my life
who aren't as good as two others. They
only got the job because they were black.
Not because they were the best.
That sucks.
DENNlS: Yeah. Is that what
America is about?
No. America's about
"best man for the job."
You do your best, you get the job.
You know, this affirmative action crap....
I don't know what that's about.
It is like some
hidden agenda or something going on.
You see what I'm saying?
Yeah, I do.
I don't know, I didn't
think about it like that.
Well.... This guy, though....
I don't know. Dr. Sweeney,
he comes on, like, so strong
it's kind of hard not to listen to him. But...
I don't know, maybe some
of what he says is kind of...
It's bullshit.
Yeah. Yeah, maybe.
No, no.
It's n*gg*r bullshit.
You see that, don't you?
Yeah.
You gotta watch out for that.
Yeah, I get what you're saying. l will.
Good boy.
I'm proud of you.
Don't worry about it.
DANNY: It's 5:40 a.m.
and in about one minute, I'm
gonna watch the sun come up.
I don't know if I've ever done that.
Anyway, we're gonna try to
pick things up and start over.
lt won't be easy but we're
all together again.
And I feel good.
I'm not sure if this paper
is what you wanted.
If I hit the social significance,
or whatever you're looking for.
But, for what it's worth, thanks a lot.
Wow. You look great.
Look at you.
Yeah. Gotta dress up
for the parole officer.
Is she cute?
She is a fat guy named Hector.
So I'm out of luck.
Ma, I just gotta check in, then I'm gonna
see about getting my old job back.
Great.
Good morning.
DORIS: Yes, my love.
Davina, can you?
Your sister's gonna help you, honey.
DAVINA: You look great. Knock them dead.
Thanks.
DAVINA: What would you like to wear?
ALLY: I wanna wear my blue dress today.
You do look good.
Yeah? I feel silly.
You look good.
DEREK: Yeah?
You feel good?
Yeah. Yeah. I feel, you know...
...a little....
I'm getting there. I'm getting there.
Listen, I don't know....
I don't know if it's okay that I'm here.
I wanna be here.
[CAR TIRES SCREECHING]
I'm gonna get a paper.
Cool.
What do you want?
A maple bar and a large miIk.
All right, I got it.
Let me get a coffee, a maple
bar and a large miIk to go.
WAITER: Right away.
RASMUSSEN: Hey, Derek.
Hey.
Derek.
We need to talk.
What's going on?
Cameron Alexander and Seth Ryan
are at the lCU at St. John's.
They were jumped last night near
Ben's Burgur. How bad?
Well, it looks like they're gonna live.
Then they got lucky.
Somebody's gotta lose, though.
Aw, what?
We were kind of hoping that maybe
you'd talk to your old crew.
Come on. No way.
RASMUSSEN: This is not a good thing.
If there's anybody they're
gonna listen to, it's you.
No. No, l hate to tell you
but I'm out. Okay?
Those guys are probably
gunning for me now.
Look, we're asking for your
help here, Derek.
Did you tell him I was
gonna do this? Derek.
Come on! This has got nothing
to do with me anymore.
Yes, it does.
It has everything to do with you.
What are you doing to me? I mean,
you know, I'm doing my best.
I'm going like this to just keep
my family in the clear. I know.
Don't ask me to fix this whole
f*cking situation. I'm not asking that.
It was there before me. You helped
create it. You wanna take a break? Now?
You take a break, you'll find no peace.
The way to find peace is to stick.
It's not gonna make a f*cking
bit of difference. It might.
Not a bit.
It might.
Do you know what you're asking me to do?
Do you really know?
Yes. I'm asking you to do
whatever is in your power to do.
[SIGHS]
Man.
f*ck.
All right.
You're gonna get me sh*t by
a bunch of white boys.
I doubt it.
Yeah, well.
We're all gonna have a laugh
at that, let me tell you.
A ll right. I'm gonna take him to school.
I'll be back in half an hour.
Come on.
SWEENEY: Hey, you. You got something
good for me this morning?
I'll give it to you, Dr. Sweeney. All right?
Yeah, okay.
DANNY: What's going on?
Come on.
This is so bad for Seth, man.
I wonder how bad they got f*cked up.
Yeah.
I'm glad they're not dead but
other than that, I don't care.
Should we visit them?
Visit them? No.
No, definitely not.
Definitely not. Just stay out of it.
Listen, too
I saw a car cruising by the house last
night when I pulled out of there with Seth.
If you get home before me, just give
a look around the street, all right?
Make sure there's nothing going on.
Oh, man. This is bad.
They're after you, man.
It'll cool off.
If I made it through Chino, you know,
this should be a piece of cake, right?
Are you gonna be okay?
Yeah, yeah.
Okay.
What are you gonna do?
I don't know. I'll work it out. Hey.
Keep your head up, right?
Things are gonna be fine.
It's gonna be fine.
Go turn that paper in.
Okay. All right, see you.
Hey, hey, Dan.
I'll see you at home.
All right?
Yeah, I'll see you.
Hey, good luck, all right?
Yeah.
See you later.
[BELL RINGING]
We're gonna be late.
DANNY: We'd better go.
Okay.
All right. Come on.
Fine. All right.
I'll catch up with you, all right?
See you later.
Derek, no!
Get out of my way!
All right. All right.
Get out of my way!
Let him go!
Oh, no. No! No!
Oh, Jesus.
No.
Oh, no, no. No.
Oh, Jesus.
God, what did I do?
Oh, God.
DANNY: So I guess this is where
I tell you what I learned.
My conclusion, right?
Well, my conclusion is
hate is baggage.
Life's too short to be
pissed off all the time.
It's just not worth it.
Derek says it's always good
to end a paper with a quote.
He says someone else
has already said it best
so if you can't top it, steal
from them and go out strong.
So I picked a guy I thought you'd like:
"We are not enemies, but friends.
We must not be enemies.
Though passion may have strained,
it must not break our
bonds of affection.
The mystic chords of memory
will swell when again touched
as surely they will be by the
better angels of our nature."
American History X (1998)
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