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    History Of Hate Crimes

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    Hate Crimes throughout History April 22‚ 2012 Term Paper The definition of hate crime has progressed over the years. When hate crimes first occurred they were defined as the victimization of minorities due to their racial or ethnic identity by members of the majority. As time progressed we have now classify a hate crime as "criminal offense against a person or property motivated in whole or in part by an offender ’s bias against a race‚ religion‚ disability‚ ethnic origin or sexual orientation"(Able)

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    American history x

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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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    AMERICAN HISTORY X

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    American History X is a film that shows the modern struggle between blacks and whites in America. The film’s focal 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

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    American History X

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    American History X “The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil” was a wise phase once uttered by Hannah Arendt. I love this quote because is perfectly describes the two boys from “American History X‚” Danny and Derek. These two boys have seen and done it all when it comes to hate groups‚ as both were members of a neo-nazi hate group. Neo- Nazi hate groups use authoritarian‚ scapegoat‚ normative‚ and exploitation theories to justify

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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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    Anti-American Hate Crimes

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    The history of hate crimes against African-Americans can date back all the way until slavery. However‚ I will discuss those more recent within the last 50 years. During the Civil Rights Movement some of the most violence acts against African Americans occur. 100 years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed African Americans in Confederate states still dealt with inequality‚ segregation‚ oppression and race-inspired violence. In fact legally by way of the “Jim Crow” laws‚ African-Americans

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    American History X

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    The movie that I chose to review is American History X. I picked this movie because this relates to popular culture in so many ways. The first way that it relates is the fact that people back in the day white individuals were racist against blacks and other minorities. The second way is that although faced with adversity you have to adapt to the current situation that you are arises. You can choose to go down the right path or your current path. This is exactly what happened in this movie. Derek

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    American History X

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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

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    American History X

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    texts) you have studied. The film American History X directed by Tony Kaye is about how a white supremacist who tries to prevent his younger brother from going down the same path which he took. The beginning and the ending of the film revealed a change in the character of Derek from a hate-fuelled racist to an open-minded person who finds his mistakes. Kaye uses black and white cinematography; non-diegetic sounds and also costumes to support his message that ‘hate is baggage’. When comparing the portrayal

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    American History X

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    Summary: American History X Derek Vinyard is paroled after being in prison for three years. The reason for prisoning is because of the murder of two thieves‚ who tried to steal his truck. Through a flash-back‚ his brother Daniel “Danny” had‚ we learned about Derek’s life. Derek was a leader of skinheads in L.A. and their white Nazi gang violently terrorized the opposite races. Derek’s actions had a very big influence on his younger brother‚ Daniel‚ who looked up to him and tried to follow in his

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