Kevin Bacon is me, except I would have shot the guy who pulled the pistol rather than have a discussion. I dont think our opinions are much different. I do think the Kevin Bacon character was added to the movie to reinforce the ‘cant trust white people’ message, which is disgusting.
I was thinking about this in context and here's the tropes presented in the movie::
Julie Roberts - Racist, but secretly wants to have sex with black men.
Ethan Hunt - Ineffectual liberal white man. Secrently wants to bang young girls.
White Teen - Pervert
White girl kid - Weirdo obsessed with popular culture.
Kevin Bacon - Only looking out for himself.
Not one really redeeming quality out of all of them.