In the movie, American Beauty, the idea that a kid next door is selling drugs is not portrayed in the same light as if the kid selling the drugs was black. In this particular movie, the drug dealing neighbor was seen as a respectable business man who not only made lots of money but had the intelligence to put it away in a bank account. The neighbors never consider calling the police and actually accept him more with open arms than with disdain. The truth is that regardless of race, we should all look upon illegal activity with the same type of disgust.