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I often disagree with Rashad's dad because it doesn't make sense to me that he would be hesitant to take his son's side in a situation like this is one. I think after learning that he was in a similar situation but in the opposite role when he was a cop, it is easier to distinguish why he would almost define Paul. he knows a bit of what might've gone through Paul's brain and why he might've done this.

Unspoken rules affect groups by setting a standard at which people should act in the group. In All American Boys, Quinn witnesses Paul's beating of Rashad but cannot say anything about due to his familial ties to Paul's family, causing strife when Quinn feels he has to say something.

I thought it was interesting that when Rashad was in the hospital after the beating, his father did not take his side or support him. He assumed that Rashad wasn't telling the whole story or that maybe his jeans were sagging. Rashad tried to explain that he was an innocent boy who just happened to be sagging his pants, to which his dad said, "If it walks like a duck, it talks like a duck" (Reynolds 49).