in a scene with teen Danny Vinyard‚ where he races to tell his older brother Derek (who is a neo-Nazi) about three young Afro Americans breaking into his car in front of the house‚ Derek reacts and gets his gun and with no forethought shoots them. Two of the boys died‚ so Derek is sent away for three years in prison. In jail he meets a group of neo-Nazis wich are related to other bands from different races. Black Lamont is a black guy who works in the prison laundry with Derek‚ they start to talk
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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 leader and supporter of white supremacy in southern California‚ Cameron‚ Derek creates a following of “Skin heads” that include his younger brother Danny. The story follows
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opening scene‚ teen Danny Vinyard who is played by Edward Furlong‚ races to tell his older brother‚ neo-Nazi Derek‚ about the young blacks breaking into his car in front of the house‚ whereupon Derek gets his gun and with no forethought shoots the youths in their tracks and he forces the other man to put his mouth on the curb‚ then brutally kills him by stomping on the back of his head‚ crushing his mouth against the curb. Danny watches in horror as this unfolds. The police arrest Derek as he smiles at
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Project Officer: This interview is being conducted for the project ‘Making history: the discipline in perspective’‚ and the Project Officer Danny Millum will be speaking to Professor Eric Hobsbawm about his experience of‚ and views on‚ changes in the discipline and the academic profession of history. Professor Hobsbawm‚ may we start with your giving us some brief biographical information? Eric Hobsbawm: I was born during World War One‚ in Egypt‚ which has no relevance to my subsequent life
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mindless hatred can tear society as well as an individual family apart. Derek Vinyard (Edward Norton)‚ is the perfect skinhead poster boy. He is handsome charismatic‚ athletic‚ smart and full of hatred. As youth‚ he teamed up with local white supremacist; Cameron Alexander (Stacey Keach)‚ and organized a powerful skinhead gang in Venice Beach. However‚ after brutally killing two black men who try breaking into his car‚ Derek is sent to prison for 3 years. While there‚ he contrasts white-power prisoners
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character is Derek Vinyard. After his father is murdered in a black neighborhood‚ he becomes the leader of a group of young white supremacists‚ the DOC. After viciously murdering two black men for trying to steal his truck‚ he spends three years in prison. After serving his time he is a reformed man. He no longer has his racist views and wants desperately to put his old life behind him. Danny‚ who idolizes his older brother Derek‚ is going down the same path his brother went when Derek gets out of
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way in which the subject is treated. First of all‚ it is obvious that‚ though racism is always a difficult subject to deal with‚ American History X presents it without any reservations or dumming down. Second‚ the film’s figurehead for racism‚ Derek Vinyard (Edward Norton)‚ is not an unintelligent redneck racist as films often portray them‚ but is in fact well-spoken‚ charismatic and intelligent‚ although he clearly holds ideals that are terribly wrong. Finally‚ the film shows that it is not just
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right circumstances and the manipulation is coming from the people you love‚ then racism and hate can be adapted. During a flashback of the Vinyard family we learn that it was Derek’s father that first planted the seed of racism within Derek by manipulating him. We are presented with a dinner scene where we learn the influence Derek’s father has on Derek. Kaye uses a mise-en-scene by placing Derek’s father at the head of the table and
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murdered by black drug dealers‚ the older brother‚ Derek develops an extreme hatred for minorities and becomes a violent white supremacist leader for a gang called the D.O.C. Derek brutally murders two gang members who tried to steal his truck and eventually receives a three year prison sentence. After leaving prison‚ Derek’s prejudiced views have changed and he ends all connections with his supremacist gang. He is determined to stop his younger brother‚ Danny from following the same path he did. The film
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the white working class against the black working class. As Danny said in the movie "Things used to be great‚ but then "they" began to move in and the neighborhood turned into a ’hood. Pretty soon "they" took over the playgrounds and the schoolyards and pretty soon after that‚ everything "we" believed in was wrong and "we" were strangers in our own land." (American History X) The story follows an intelligent young man named Derek Vinyard (Edward Norton) and his decline into the world of disillusion
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