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             "Two Mexican men attacked and almost beaten to death. Both in critical condition in the hospital." "Chinese delivery man beaten to death in Queens neighborhood by teens, who say it was a 'prank gone bad'." "Police officer being questioned about racial profiling." Racism is still a huge part of today's society. Headlines like these are on the news and in the newspaper almost every day. The United States is one of the most diverse countries in the world. People come here because of the great things they hear about this country, but they never expect being called names and/or maybe even being attacked. Sometimes a certain race maybe the majority in a neighborhood, and some in that neighborhood have the mentality that no person of another race belongs in their neighborhood or on their block and may react in a harsh manor. Situations like these are exemplified in several different scenes in the movie A Bronx Tale.
             In one scene a little boy named "C" and his friends were sitting on his, when a bus had pass and some black kids were on it. One of "C" 's friends said that his father told him that when one comes in, another follows and they all begin to come. After this was said, the boys got up and began to throw rocks and curse at the kids on the bus. "C" 's friends grew up with the same racist mentality, but he did not. You can see this in a scene where his friends attacked a group of black kids riding their bikes through their neighborhood. "C" was the only one who tried to help one of the kids. Some people in our society have the same state of mind that "C" 's friends had. They don't like certain people coming through their block or neighborhood if they don't know them. Sometimes it's because of the other person's race, sometimes its not. This is also exemplified in a scene with "C' 's frien...

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