AMERICAN HISTORY X

Come on. Let's get out of here.

CAMMERON

Hey! What a great idea! You got a

clever little whatever it is there.

I'd listen to it if I were you.

BLACK MAN

You're not me.

CAMHERON

(smiling)

And I thank God Almighty every day for

that, believe me.

SETH

Excuse me? Tyrone?

BLACK MAN

My name's not Tyrone either.

SETH

Whatever. Why can't you stick to your

own race?

WHITE GIRL

(disgusted)

Jesus Christ! Where do you assholes

come from?!

CAMMERON

What the luck difference does it make

where we come from, bitch? I'm from a

place called America. A place that

used to be a nice place to live before

it became fuckin' Africa-America.

BLACK MAN

You ignorant mother--

Seth quickly gets out of his chair and makes his gun

totally visible to the couple.

SETH

You got a fuckin' death wish, asshole?

Do you? Make your move now if you do.

If you don't...get the luck out of my

sight. Cause I'm real close to

shoving my piece up your girlfriend's

stinky pussy.

The black man stares at the gun sticking out of Seth's

belly. He grabs his girlfriend and walks out of the

joint. Seth sits back down and the two laugh. Cameron

looks over at Ben and raises his hands in the air.

CAMMERON

(smiling)

Everything's hunky dory, Ben! No

problemo. Only us white folk.

CUT TO:

INT. BEDROOM - A DIGITAL CLOCK

It reads 2:36 a.m. Shiftless Derek lifts a sleeping

Danny off the computer keyboard. He helps him into the

bottom bunk, tucks him in, and watches him snooze.

DEREK

(softly)

Did you "save" it?

An asleep Danny nods. Derek slowly walks back into the

bathroom to grab his towel off the floor. He looks at

his SWASTIKA TAT in the mirror and sighs to himself. He

turns off the light and exits.

CUT TO:

INT. BURGER JOINT - SETH AND CAMMERON

Seth finishes his display of gluttony.

CAMMERON

It wouldn't irritate me so much if the

ratio was a little more even.

SETH

What's that?

CAMMERON

(going mad)

Ebony and Ivory back there! Almost

all of those orange kid relationships

are black man and white women and I'm

fucking sick of seein' it! I wouldn't

mind so much if it were more even.

SETH

Huge dicks, Cam. That's all it is.

CAMMERON

I used to think that too but...it's

gotta be more, man. It has to be more

than the fact they they carry a big

load. Chicks aren't that shallow, are

they? It's politically correct...

that's what it is. White

women...bein' seen with the

coloreds...it's great for their image.

Bitches today want to be known as

bein' fuckin' color blind.

SETH

They get off on it.

CAMMERON

And you can't really blame Tyrone.

SETH

Why the fuck not?

CAMMERON

Well...how'd you like to drag around

some fat fly girl? I wouldn't.

SETH

No shit.

(imitating)

Oh go girlfriend! Don't be puttin' up

wid dat, girl! Oh stop girl!

Seth and Cammeron laugh and head outside--leaving a mess

on the table.

EXT. ACROSS THE STREET - THE CHEROKEE FROM EARLIER

The white vehicle gets passed by cars left and right.

INT. CHEROKEE - HENRY'S POV

Henry sits up front with JEROME, nervous and scared. The

three thugs in back lock and load.

LITTLE HENRY

You gonna waste 'em?

JEROME

Only if we have to.

Jerome grabs a baseball bat and they quietly get out.

INT. VAN - TIGHT ON LITTLE HENRY

Me bites his nails and watches the foursome sneak up on

an oblivious Seth and Cammeron.

EXT. GRAVEL PARKING LOT - HENRY'S POV

The men close in. Seth and Cam are blind to it. Jerome

raises the bat as they close in and we--

FADE TO:

INT. BATHROOM - EARLY MORNING - BIRDS CHIRPING

Danny stares at himself in the mirror and tries to find

some stubble on his chin.

INT. BEDROOM - A SLICK DEREK

He stares into the mirror in a coat and pants. Danny

rushes to get his things together.

DANNY

I'm printing it up and we're out of

here.

DEREK

Hurry up.

Derek walks out into the living room.

INT. MESSY LIVING ROOM - DORIS

She's on the couch watching cartoons. She takes a jar of

Vick's Vapor Rub and puts some on her chest. Derek walks

in the room, bends over and kisses her on the forehead.

Davina sits on the couch and writes. Derek just smiles.

DORIS

Wow. What happened?

DEREK

I gotta see my parole officer.

DAVINA

Hey Der? Do you have Excel on disk?

DEREK

I've got everything on disk.

Davina smiles and walks into the back bedroom. Doris

looks at Derek.

DORIS

You look good.

Derek smiles and caresses his mother's cheek.

DEREK

We're getting out of here soon. Is

that okay with you?

DORIS

I'd love it.

(after a beat)

Do you think I should color my hair?

DEREK

Yes.

He sits beside his mother and enjoys the moment. He

thinks to himself.

DORIS

I'm glad you made it back. I wasn't

too sure I was going to see you again.

You know how I get.

Filled with regret, he nods.

DEREK

You think you'll be able to forgive

me? Someday maybe?

DORIS

You're my son. Of course I will.

Derek smiles and can't believe his tearful reaction.

DEREK

Look at me. I'm such a pussy.

DORIS

No you're not.

CUT TO:

EXT. VENICE BLVD. - A NEWSPAPER MACHINE

Derek plunks a quarter down the slot and removes a copy

of the LA TIMES. Danny continues to skate ahead of him.

Sensing danger, Derek looks back behind him. With no one

in sight, he walks into a doughnut shop.

INT. DOUGHNUT SHOP - DEREK'S POV

He takes a guarded look outside. Everything seems

normal. A bus drives by. A group of Mexican laborers,

dressed for work and smiling, walk past in the other

direction.

Inside, a black woman orders a dozen doughnuts from a

short Korean.man behind the counter. Her young daughter

grabs her leg. Danny sits down and reads Derek's paper.

DEREK

What do you want?

DANNY

Maple bar and a...large milk.

Derek smiles at the little girl while he waits. She

wanders from her mother's leg and over towards Derek.

DEREK

(to the girl)

You look pretty.

She laughs.

TISHA

Thank you.

DEREK

How do I look?

BLACK GIRL

(bashfully)

Fine.

DANNY'S POV. He looks up from the paper. He watches the

girl together with his brother.

DEREK

What's your name?

BLACK GIRL

Tisha.

DEREK

How old are you, Tisha?

She holds up four fingers. Derek smiles.

BLACK MOTHER

(staring at Derek)

Come here, Tisha.

Tisha returns to her mother and they quickly exit. Derek

watches the girl as she continues to stare at him as they

make their way down the street.

Outside, a BLUE FORD screeches out front. Rasmussen and

the Young Mark Fuhrman type from earlier get out and

wait. Dr. Sweeney meets the duo and together they walk

inside.

DEREK

What's goin' on?

SWEENEY

We need to talk, Derek.

DEREK

How'd you find out I was here?

SWEENEY

We were just at your apartment.

RASMUSSEN

Cammeron and Seth are in the ICU at

St. Johns, Derek. They were jumped in

front of Ben's Burgets early this

morning.

Derek thinks to himself for a few more seconds.

DEREK

How bad?

RASMUSSEN

They'll live.

(then)

They must have been looking for

somebody else.

Derek stares at Rasmussen and walks away.

Sweeney, who knows to walk over to him.

He eyes

TIGHT ON SWEENEY AND DEREK. The two lock eyes.

SWEENEY

Are they coming after you?

DEREK

Fuckin' A.

Sweeney sighs.

SWEENEY

I don't know.

(after a long beat)

You might have to talk to your old

crew though.