An all-too-common reaction to something like racism is to hate the act so much you dismiss the person. But in [American History X] you're forced to confront the complexity of the character and his tragedy - and the fact, which people don't want to recognise, that someone like him can come out of a normal middle-class home.

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "An all-too-common reaction to something like racism is to hate the act so much you dismiss the person. But in [American History X] you're forced to confront the complexity of the character and his tragedy - and the fact, which people don't want to recognise, that someone like him can come out of a normal middle-class home." in the context of ""Edward Norton is up for an Oscar. But who is he?" (archived), theguardian.com, 19 March 1999." to mean that wisdom is timeless.