Bone American History X

The scene that proves this lost teenage, looking to fit in and belong, phrase in a young person’s life is the scene with the gang meeting up before they destroy the grocery store. The scene starts with Derek talk to Cameron about what the plan is, and Derek is illustrated as a puppet to be a leader to young people. Derek is seen almost like a patriarchal figure with his girlfriend and little brother by his side. Derek is the dominant in the scene. The lighting is in intense black and white which causes Derek to stand out even more with his white shirt and shaved head. The juxtaposition of the white against the black of the night causes viewers to listen to Derek just like the lost teens. This gives the other people the impression that he is a father or power figure. The pep talk before the actually destroying of the store is what is important. He tells them why they are doing this and how they need to take action on the store. He gets the young people to agree with him about why the store deserves to be looted. The camera proxemics is at a social distance.

The article on White Supremacy states “ Movies are for entertainment however…they circulate ideologies-about good and evil, order and disorder.” The article also makes us realize that even though the movie tries to depict the wrongs about racism they really “reinforce their worldview and perpetuate the racism they claim they want to reveal.”