Don't fuck with me 'cause I'm the most dangerous man in this prison. You know why? 'Cause...

[Inside prison laundry] Lamont: [to Derek] Don't fuck with me 'cause I'm the most dangerous man in this prison. You know why? 'Cause I control the underwear. Lamont: [They walk down to the underwear station] All right, pick 'em up over here and you sort 'em over there. I hope you can work out all right because the last guy they sent me didn't wear no drawers, couldn't read the sizes in the drawers, and he used to sniff the drawers. All right, we got two sizes, medium and large, all right? All you got to do is put the mediums with the mediums and the large with the large. All right, I know it's a borin' job, but it's better than that last shit they had me doin'. I spent two years in the kitchen... [He laughs] Lamont: ... scrubbin' hot ass pots and pans that you don't want to do, al right?

We will call this class... ...American History X. We meet once a day. All right, your first assignment is to prepare for me a new paper due tomorrow. Oh, come on. It took me a week to read Mein Kampf. That isn't fair. - What do you want me to do it on? - Your brother. Oh, God, man. Please tell me you're joking. No, no, no. I'm not kidding. I want you to analyze and interpret all the events surrounding Derek's incarceration. How these events helped shape your present perspective... ...concerning life in contemporary America. The impact on your life. Your family's. Whatever you wanna say, Danny... ...I'll be the only one reading it. But if it's not on my desk... ...tomorrow morning... ...you are a ghost at Venice Beach High. Are you clear? Yeah, I'm clear. Telling teacher I'm fucking cheating? Is that what's happening? - I never cheated in my life. - Beat his motherfucking ass, Henry. - I didn't say anything. - Why you tripping on me? Why you all kicking him like that? What's up, man? What you scared for? I ain't gonna do nothing. What's up? Want some too, bitch? Punk. What's wrong with you? You wanna die? Punk-ass white boy.