Ben: You’re riding mighty high on that horse, aren’t you?
Dean: Don’t talk down to me, Warren. He lied. So did you.
Ben: He made mistakes. So did I.
Dean: Mistakes? We gotta constantly think about what neighborhood we’re in, what we’re wearing, what we say, how we sound. We don’t get the luxury of mistakes. Sullivan knew better. You knew better.
Ben: You’re right. You’re right. Everything you just said is spot on. Look, all I can offer is this: If Dixon screws up, it’s on Dixon. He’s a bad apple. But if Sullivan screws up, that’s on every black firefighter in Seattle. Sound fair to you?
Dean: No, that’s exactly my point. It’s just the way the world works.
Ben: Yeah, and it is, but that doesn’t mean that you have to.