American History X
No one can honestly argue that the world currently exists without racial tensions. While some people still struggle to overcome ongoing racism and stereotypes, many have stepped over racial boundaries and resolved the struggles between them. However, Benjamin DeMott argues in his article “Put on a Happy Face: Masking the Differences Between Blacks and Whites” that Hollywood consistently hides true racial relationships by putting blacks and whites together with “happy faces,” thus encouraging society to ignore the reality of racial tensions. This may be true of most Hollywood productions, but in the movie American History X, Hollywood attempts to step away from this cliched portrayal to present the more realistic and harsh relationships that exist between races. Throughout his article, DeMott criticizes the media for “suggesting that the beast of American racism is tamed and harmless” (295). He argues that Hollywood “churns out images of racial harmony,” creating a fantasy world which denies the actuality of racial tensions (297). When society conceals racial problems, the situation continues to escalate an
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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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