Film Analysis Of The Movie 'American History X'

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American History X – Film analysis
There exist so many different societies and cultures in this world. Some like to discover and learn about new people and their ways of living but others can not seem to understand how a certain group of people can live in a different way from how they are living themselves. They simply do not want to accept other societies or cultures which can create clashes. This is something that was created socially, mainly by how people perceive ideas and other faces they are not quite used to. What are the causes of somebody looking at different cultures negatively? What issues can this type of thinking cause and what can we do to minimize it in today’s society? We will try to answer these questions by analyzing the movie “American History X.”
“American History X” is a movie directed by Tony Kaye and it was released in 1998. It is about Derek Vineyard who went to prison for 3 years after killing two black people who tried to break into his car. Through the view of his little brother, Danny Vineyard, we learn that before going to prison, …show more content…

Cultural clashes are conflicts when different values and beliefs clash. It is something that has always existed. It can be as we mentioned between races but also between gender, social classes and religions. In a world like ours where there are multiple multicultural societies, conflicts between different groups can take place more often. In the article “Conflict Theory,” Ashley Crossman explains that groups and individuals mostly try to do things that benefit themselves. Those that have more recources will use it over others by creating inequality and power struggles. One may start to see their race or culture superior to others and they will use it to differ one from the other as much as possible. They will ignore the fact that they are both human and that even if they look and live differently, they may have things in

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