La Haines primary story focuses on the characters of Vinz, a young Jewish man, consistently shown as angry and confused. Said, an Arab man who seems to be hell bent on keeping his friends together throughout the film. Finally, we have Hubert, a black man who seems to be very pacifistic and attempting to rise from the seemingly shady area from which they all live. It's this intense eclectic mix of backgrounds and beliefs that really highlight the attitudes of 'the other' La Ha