American History X

American History X1998

Stars: Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Beverly D'Angelo, Jennifer Lien
Genre: Crime, Drama
Rating: R
Runtime: 119 minutes

Perhaps the highest compliment you can pay to Edward Norton is that his Oscar-nominated performance in American History X nearly convinces you that there is a shred of logic in the tenets of white supremacy. If that statement doesn't horrify you, it… more »



Derek Vinyard:
Alright, listen up. We need to open our eyes. There's over 2 million illegal immigrants bedding down in this state tonight! The state spent $3 billion last year, on services for those people who have no right to be here in the first place! $3 billion! $400 million just to lock up a bunch of illegal immigrant criminals, who only got into this country because the f***in' INS 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's a joke. So, is anybody surprised that south of the border, they're laughing at us? Laughing at our laws? Every night, thousands of these parasites stream across the border like some f***ing piñata exploded. [The skinheads laugh] Don't laugh! [The skinheads immediately quiet down] There's nothin' funny goin' on here! This is about your life and mine; it's about decent, hardworking Americans falling through the cracks and getting the shaft because their 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***ing book! 'Cause we're losing, we're losing our right to pursue our destiny, we're losing our freedom, so that a bunch of f***ing 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 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***in' Korean owns it who fired these guys and is making a killing 'cause he hired 40 f***in' border jumpers. I see this sh*t going on and I don't see anyone doing anything about it, and it f***in' pisses me off! So look around you, this isn't our f***in' neighborhood, it's a battlefield! We're on a battlefield tonight. Make a decision: are we gonna stand by the sidelines, quietly standing while our country gets raped? "(Skinheads:) F*** no!" Are we gonna ante up and do something about it? "(Skinheads:) F*** YEAH!" You're goddamn right we are!

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