Because the way we present ourselves to the world is the way we are perceived and it was a barrier that Daniel had to constantly encounter. The first, when he went to change the lock at Jean's house and when he went to change the lock at Farhad's shop. In one instance he was called a gang member and in the other a crook, I think at the point where we stopped looking it was suggested that Farhad thought Daniel had destroyed the shop. The fact that Daniel is a single father made me think differently about him because at first I really thought he was a gang member because of the way he was dressed, and also because Anthony and Peter did everything they said they would white people thought they would. to do so, I thought Daniel would return to rob the Cabot house. Throughout the film he has no power until we meet his daughter; it was just a tender moment that I wasn't expecting because of how harsh it was