American History X1998

Reporter:
Earlier today, L.A. County firefighter Dennis Vinyard was shot and killed battling a blaze at a suspected Compton drug den. We're at the Vinyard home now, and Lieutenant Vinyard's oldest son Derek has agreed to talk with us for a moment. Derek, if you could come down here, please, for a second. Look, I know this is tough, but how do you feel right now?

Derek Vineyard:
(younger, wearing a Venice Beach High Basketball jersey) How do you think I feel? I think it's typical.

Reporter:
Typical how?

Derek Vinyard:
Well, this country's becoming a haven for criminals, so what do you expect? Decent hard-working Americans like my dad are getting rubbed out by social parasites.

Reporter:
Parasites?

Derek Vinyard:
Blacks, browns, yellow, whatever.

Reporter:
I don't understand. You think maybe your father's murder was race-related?

Derek Vinyard:
Yeah, it's race-related! Every problem in this country is race-related! Not just crime...it's immigration, AIDS, welfare! Those are problems of the black community, the Hispanic community, the Asian community! They're not white problems!

Reporter:
Aren't those really issues that deal more with poverty?

Derek Vinyard:
No! They're not products of their environments! That's crap! Minorities don't give two shits about this country! They come here to exploit it, not to embrace it!

Reporter:
What does this have to do with the--

Derek Vinyard:
Millions of white Europeans came here and flourished within a generation! What the f*** is the matter with these people? They have to go around...shooting at firemen!

Reporter:
What does this have to do with the murder of your father?

Derek Vinyard:
Because my father was murdered doing his job! Putting out a fire in a f***ing n*gger neighborhood he shouldn't have given a sh*t about! He got shot by a f***ing drug dealer who probably still collects a welfare check!

Doris Vinyard:
[approaching Derek] Honey, that's enough.