The cats in the cradle episode

Those guys still had no right to spray paint Ron's car! Why would you bet on a game if there is a possibility that you might lose?

That was the whole point of the cop character setting both sets of guys straight. He even tells Ron something like "Oh, you don't see your part in all of this do you" "No, I'm the victim" "Maybe you need more brothers in the backfield," It went something like that. You're right that Ron wasn't completely innocent in the situation and obviously the white guys did antagonize him earlier and after the game.

Did you even watch the episode? That was the whole point. They made it obvious that Ron and his aggressive attitude played a part in it as well. This is why in his version of events, he pretended like he didn't make the "you need more brothers on your team" comment. The cop even told him he shouldn't have provoked them.

The ultimate point of the episode is two wrongs don't make a right and never judge a book by its cover.

There was also a point that if you notice the spray paint on Ron's car at the end of the episode was half white and the rest was sprayed in black.

'When there's no more room in Hollywood, remakes shall walk the Earth.'

Now that I watch it again, that one white guy in the black jacket really started off also with his snide backhanded remarks. He keeps it up throughout the episode, its guys like that that always want to stir the pot and keep the animosity going.

'When there's no more room in Hollywood, remakes shall walk the Earth.'

I was thinking the whole episode that Ron got himself in that situation to an extent. Yes, those boys were classless and racist, but Ron needed to just take the high road after they gave him his money. Instead, he gloated and said, "You guys could use more black people on your team" which is just as bad as the stuff those boys said. That was what prompted them to spray-paint Ron's car.

I like how the officer later pointed that out, because while I like Ron most of the time, he gets himself into situations he should be smart enough to know how to avoid.

As another poster said, this was one of my favorite as well. It really gave a close look at how racism can from someone of ANY race. First off, Ron was being a condescending jackass and made racist comment saying "your team could use a few brothers(meaning Black males)" or something to that affect which the other guys to start talking trash. He was dead-wrong for saying it, PERIOD! Those other guys were had NO right to spray paint on his car. They could've simply walked away from the situation just like Ron should've just took the money and kept his damn shut. Both parties were punished, justifiably so. During the when Ron and Dwayne came of outside, the letters "gger" were added to the "ni" spelling out the word "n****r". I really like this part because it shows how racists are everywhere. It was pretty obvious that those other guys couldn't have done it because they were still inside. Very powerful episode!