Analysis of the Film American History X

The film American History X tells the story of two brothers, Derek Vinyard and Daniel "Danny" Vinyard from Venice Beach in Los Angeles, California. Their father, a firefighter, is murdered by a black drug dealer while trying to extinguish a fire, and Derek is drawn into the neo-Nazi movement. Derek kills two black gang members whom he catches in the act of breaking into the truck, and is sentenced to three years in prison. The story shows how Danny is influenced by his older brother's actions and ideology and how Derek, now radically changed by his experience in incarceration, which includes violent rape by white neo-Nazi inmates , tries to prevent his brother from going down the same path as he did.

The film tries to deal with social issues as honestly as possible.Racism is a serious problem. Racist organizations like the one pictured in the film exist in seriously large numbers.People get caught up in racial hatred. Violence results. Society as object can be responsible for building walls of racism, hate, and prejudice around its members. Racism is a social problem, and does not appear, nor can it disappear, overnight. Hate crimes and ethnocentrism have place in our time. Based on official reports, more than 7600 hates crimes and bias-motivated incidents registered in 2008, race was approximately 52 percent of the reports. Also, racial profiling in any police-initiated action based on race, ethnicity, or natural origin rather than a person’s behavior has been given government attention. African Americans and Latinos’ vehicles were searched five times more then White people. Color-blind racism that refers to use of race-neutral principles to defend the racially unequal status quo and institutional discrimination though their daily operations still observed in present time. Racial and ethnic minority are more likely to be unemployed, engaged in low-wage labor. With the election of President Barack Obama people of post-civil rights era assume that racial