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Why did Derek have a problem with selling pot


...to the Hispanics? He previously declares in the movie that he thinks weed is for blacks who he regards as subhumans. Why would he be against selling it to minorities? At the very least, why make trouble with his allies over it?

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They were buying drugs from hispanic dealers in prison and reselling them at a higher price to white inmates. Derek saw that as a betrayal since he thought their priority was to look out for "their kind" and that's what sparked his suspicions about his beliefs as they didn't really believe in it and it was more of a front than an ideology.

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