“Don't you know it's against the law to hire **** border jumpers, you...” – Derek Vinyard, American History X ... Movie Quotes Database

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A scene from American History X 1998

Derek Vinyard Edward Norton

[Charges at and grabs the supermarket owner by pinning him to a wall]

Don't you know it's against the law to hire **** border jumpers, you nip bastard?!

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Derek Vinyard Weed is for ****. Put that away right now, have a little self-respect. Derek Vinyard One in every three 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? Derek Vinyard We're so hung up on this notion that 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. I mean, Christ, Lincoln freed the slaves, like, what? 130 years ago. How long does it take to get your act together?