john singleton fine film and before blockbuster wannabee like the shaft remake and this be a thought provoking movie with overall great acting and superb balance between the story 3 main character and each with identifiable youngster problem . what i like about it most be that it also cover the problem of selfpity among young black and a problem mostly ignore by the medium and other film who mostly focus on social economical problem and racism by white . this movie show that black can be equally ignorant and racist . the masterful thing about this film be that it deal with so many topic without get shallow . it not just about racism and but about how hard it can be to adopt to a new world ( college ) and date rape and discovering sexuality and isolation . omar epps and michael rapaport and kristy swanson each deliver fine performance and and the support cast be equally interesting with jennifer connelly a a lez ( yay ) and with ice cube and busta rhyme a college bum cause little riot . the only negative be the caricature of a professor by laurence fishburne ( peppermint . ) . surely and plenty of professor be nutty . but theyre not a flat . the skinhead be also a bit of a caricature and but i guess they be like that too in real life . overall a great underrated piece of filmwork and if you like american history x you will love this one . 8 and 5 out of 10 .