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The story of American History X follows an intelligent young man named Derek Vinyard
and his decline into the world of disillusion and hate known as White Supremacy. Once a
thoughtful and easy-going teen, he soon begins his change when his father is shot and killed by a
black man, while trying to put out a fire at an alleged crackhouse. Derek becomes a smart,
articulate, and an utterly committed monster who assumes a leadership role in the white
supremacist movement of suburban Los Angeles. Alienated young men, including Derek's
younger brother Danny, respond to his hate and are eager to act out against anyone who isn't
white and Protestant, or the people who they think are plaguing society by their mere existence.
While the local movement grows, Derek's soul withers further and further away, polluted more
and more by hate. This moral deterioration culminates when Derek kills two out of the three black
gang members trying to steal the truck that use to be his father's. This act of rage and hate lands
Derek in jail where he would soon come to a realization that would surely undo what his
In jail, Derek is quick to try an develop friendships with those involved in similar beliefs as
him, alertly knowing it was the right way to go if he planned on remaining alive. This was the only
reasonneeded to lead Derek right towards the white supremacists who provided him with
protection that came as a result of their prison gang. Fresh from the streets, Derek was set in his
beliefs, beliefs that stemmed from his learning of bigotry at the kitchen table to the words of a
radical hatemonger (Cameron) who flourished by subjecting alienated youth to the easy answers
provided from neo-Nazism. However, Derek was becoming disgruntled at his fellow skinheads for
their associations outside the group and was building relationships with two black man essential to
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