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    The film I chose to do my reflection paper on is called American History X‚ and is one of my all-time favorites. The movie is about a man named Derek Vinyard‚ an impressionable young man who becomes involved in a “white power” gang after the murder of his father. After Derek’s incarceration‚ his younger brother‚ Daniel Vinyard‚ idolizes him and begins to go down the exact same path. Throughout Derek’s time in prison he realized that he was manipulated by a man named Cameron‚ and his entire outlook

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    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

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    American History X Crime/Drama‚ 1998‚ R American History X is a crime drama directed by Tony Kaye‚ of whom‚ in addition is responsible for the exceptional cinematography. The script is by David McKenna and is produced by New Line Cinemas. American History X is centered on the white-power movementand the consequences of extremism. It is also a convincing depiction of the human ability to change‚ often for the better. Following the cold blooded murder of his father‚ Dennis Vineyard - a fireman

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    cultural connections of the film American History X and analyze the important rhetorical of my findings. I went about choosing American History X by placing a poll on Facebook listing out the films that I had any slight interest in considering for this assignment and American History X won by a landslide. I was actually somewhat disappointed‚ because I wanted to do The X-Files‚ but I chose to stick to my promise and go with whatever text won. I watched American History X some years after its release

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    American History X Analysis Jeffrey Golden Eastern Nazarene College “American History X” is a movie that depicts the life of a young white supremacist named Derek Vinyard and his younger brother Danny. Growing up in the suburban area of California‚ the boys are faced with many ethnic backgrounds and cultural differences. When their father‚ a fireman‚ is shot and killed by a black man Derek strives for white supremacy in his small area. Following the most infamous

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    Danny’s history teacher (Elliot Gould) explaining to the principal‚ Dr. Sweeney (Avery Brooks)‚ that Danny wrote a book report on Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf. The teacher tells Dr. Sweeney that he is offended by Danny’s gesture and he wants to see him punished‚ declaring that Danny was pressured into writing the paper by his older brother Derek‚ although Sweeney assures him that Derek was not involved. Instead‚ Sweeney asks the teacher to leave and asks Danny to step in.Danny then puts an American flag

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    Assessment Type 1: Written Text Analysis Film Review American History X American History X directed by Tony Kaye expresses to the audience the process of change in the beliefs of Derek Vinyard. He begins the film as a violent young man and due to his father’s racist views he then develops his own‚ Derek is portrayed as becoming the leader of the Neo-Nazi organisation and claiming his leadership at a basketball game against the local blacks. There are two protagonists in the film‚ also coming from two perspectives;

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    Defining Something by What It Is Not in American History X His racist cheeks are covered in tears as he is interviewed about his father’s recent death. Derek pours his emotions out to the bewildered interviewer for the local news channel expressing‚ “Decent hard working Americans like my dad are getting rubbed out by social parasites” and as the reporter is confused Derek responds with’ “…blacks‚ browns‚ yellow whatever”. Before his father passed away he had been shoving extremely prejudicial views

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    American History X Application Paper Lamar Booker Drawing concepts from two theorists‚ Dubois and Weber‚ I intend to grasp their concepts out of the film American History X and draw examples to explain their concepts and how they can apply to social practices. “Stereotypes and Slippery slopes were another way DuBois approaches cultural oppression. “Stereotypes rely on categorizing large groups of people in particular ways even without any personal knowledge or experience

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    American History X "American History X" is an unflattering and often disturbing look at the roots and consequences of racism. American History X is one of the best movies to address the existence of racism in the most straight forward manner. Like the hard reality that it attempts to mirror‚ there are no easy answers or simple solutions offered in this cautionary tale. Instead‚ it portrays the scourge of racism as a widespread problem‚ decaying and feeding upon itself‚ resulting in unfriendly consequences

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