Essay Rhetorical Visions in the Film, American History X

In conclusion, A Time to Kill has many examples of how conflict between characters reveals society's dominant racist attitudes. These attitudes are presented to be negative throughout the film by representation of social groups, characterisation of Jake Brigance and the perspective from Carl Hailey. Together these conventions allow the viewer to understand the character Carl Hailey, and see how the film presents the dominant racist attitudes

Introduction American History X is a film that describes the story of a white supremacist, Derek Vineyard, who learns through his prison experience that his beliefs are erroneous. During his time in prison, Derek was forced to cohabitate amongst non-white individuals, coercing him to reconsider his prior Neo-Nazi principles. After serving his sentence, Derek realizes that he must save his younger brother from emulating his example.

The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is the most prominent hate-based organization in American history. Founded in the aftermath of the Civil War as a whimsical social club, the Klan quickly transformed into a terrorist organization aimed at subjugating newly freed blacks and driving out moderate whites that attempted to improve the plight of

Imagine if you were an African American man whose religion was Muslim but wanted change for his own community. Malcolm X spoke out against racial injustices, with very powerful speeches that changed the world. The speech ballot or the bullet was all about using other Americans' votes to change the society they were living in. Then his other speech, Message to the grassroots, is about fighting for what they want, and even seeking oppression and social justice. Another speech was On Prospects of Freedom, which was about the struggle for finding equal rights for African Americans.

The KKK extended their defense of true Americanism from only blacks to Catholics, Jews, foreigners, feminists, and radicals (Cohen 694). Along with their new promise, they rallied for more members to help with their defense to protect American purity. The Klan’s size grew exponentially during their second upbringing to their most ever of over three million members. While the second upbringing of the Klan was short-lived, their influence of their defense against anything that was not purely American reflects on the beliefs of white

In their article, Polemic of Hate: How Mainstream Political Discourse Fueled the Growth in White Supremacy 2007-2012, authors Hicks and Hicks set out to show how the hate-filled political rhetoric during the election and presidency of President Obama increase the memberships to white supremacy groups. Hicks and hicks also bring attention to how their [white supremacy group’s] increase popularity allows them to make donations to political parties and campaigns, furthering their membership expansion. This article covers the various groups that have contribute to far right-wing campaigns thought to take over the political climate by inciting the public, creating smear campaigns, and using scare tactics to get the masses against our first biracial

The film grants audiences to gestate their understanding of the movie and the manner experiences antiquated regarding racial violence and prejudice. The ineptitude of history implies to the intellectual chattels that chronicles and culture can have on all progeny. Malcolm Little would ultimately revolutionize into his worst adversary, that entangled with the decisions he would subsequently make. Malcolm's philosophic mentality and provocation with death was indicative to his life. The remarkable depiction in the film pronounced the indubitable fortitude and essence of the audience.

[1] Before I start this essay, I feel the need to remind the reader that I find slavery in all its forms to be an oppressive and terrible institution, and I firmly believe that for centuries (including this one) bigotry is one of the most terrible stains on our civilization. The views I intend to express in the following essay are in no way meant to condone the practices of slavery or racism; they are meant only to evaluate and interpret the construction of slavery in film.

Domestic terrorist groups are violent extremists that want to attack the U.S. from the inside. Their intent is to frighten, pressure, and/or influence national principles. Today’s terrorist organizations are using cyberspace to spread their message. Training and online recruitment are also being made available by the Internet and social media websites. Some of the acts are lone-wolf attacks and others are collective attacks. Some examples of domestic terrorist groups that use cyberspace are Army of God, Sovereign Citizens, and Phineas Priesthood. The Southern Poverty Law Center released a report on terrorism, stating that more people have been killed in America by non-Islamic domestic terrorists than jihadists (Henderson, 2015). Terrorist

As the most globally known form of communication, social media outlets has continuously contributed to the dehumanization of African American males for decades starting with propaganda stereotyping the black men as the “black buck” to justify their domination and labor exploitation under chattel slavery in the mid-19th century(Herd 2014). To a hyper sexual rapist possessed by the over desire for white women during the era of wide spread lynching’s, helping to fuel the disenfranchisement and ideological support for extreme anti-black terrorism (Herd 2014). Ultimately providing the public with the idea that the black man is to be feared. From this historical backing of anti-black ideology by the system with laws such as black codes and segregation

Throughout the movie, The Notebook, there were many different aspects that corresponded with the material learned throughout the semester. There were times were you were able to pin point why each problem was faced based on different character backgrounds. As began to watch the movie, you start to understand the culture aspects of each individual by the way they talk and present themselves, which caused many situations to arise. Also, these many situations arise throughout the movie that affected the outcome of decisions made: biological, psychological, and social/environment. However, diversity played a magnificent role from the beginning to the end. So, therefore, throughout this paper you will have a better understanding of the analysis of this film, which should provide information about the movie.

Eissens, the secretariat for the International Network Against Cyber Hate (INACH), argues that online hate speech should be regulated. He thinks regulation will deter extremist groups from using it to incite racist, religious, or discriminatory violence. His argument is based on the claim that hate groups use the Internet as a platform to spread their hateful messages. “Incitement through electronic means is not different from incitement by traditional means.” Additionally, Eissens states that regulating online hate speech is aimed to deter hate crimes, not to change individual ideologies or restrict the freedom of expression. Eissens also claims that hate disrupts society in all of its facets, including government and commerce. Hate speech

American History X is clearly a film dealing with the social topic of racism. The interesting thing about this film is the way in which the subject is presented. 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 dummying 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 bright, although he clearly holds ideals that are terribly wrong. Finally, the film shows that it is not only the white, neo-nazi racists who are fools for being involved in this, but all those who hold hatred in

Not only is it commodified, it reaffirms the reality of capitalistic oppression. This movie showed that oppression and injustice are the reality for racial minorities in the United States. However, it expressed the concept that, with the help of advanced technology and science, capitalism will function perfectly and we can enter the state of utopia. This movie reinforces our conception of the existing social norms and reality, that someone is messed up, but the movie less emphasized on the problem of the capitalistic system. It instead, focused on one individual’s bloodlust and desire to free the oppressed by arming them. It is reproducing the public’s distaste for violence. Against violence is a good thing, but the movie neglects the problems with capitalism, and cast the villain to be one that tried to overthrow the system. This is projecting a negative image of catalysts that are against

Spreading hate has been a thing ever since humans exist, same with online hate and the internet. We live with the misconception that just because no one can see our face we can do what we want. We firmly seem to believe that we are anonymous on the internet, but that’s not the case.