"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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"Edward Norton is up for an Oscar. But who is he?" (archived), theguardian.com, 19 March 1999.
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