I want to start off by saying that i loved the Bronx Tale. I thought the movie was well directed and the characters were great too. The idea of social classes and race was evident through out the movie. At the young age of 9, the boys in the Italian neighborhood were raciest towards the black living right across the town. As the boys grew older the hate for the African American's grew too. When Collogero was 17 his friends went into the black neighborhood and caused trouble by throwing the cocktails into the store. Their plan backfired and ended up killing them. The racial tensions only brought about more violence within the community. The quote "violence only brings more violence" is true here. Collogero was aught at a young age that the African American's were bad people and not to trust them. In the beginning, Their hate only was mental and no physical confrontations arose. But as he grew up, the tensions rose and Sonny ended up saving Collogero's life. It was interesting that the boys hated the black people so much that they would intentionally go out to try and hurt of even kill someone else.