American History X has long been considered a movie with a strong anti-racist message. The truth is, it's not. The protagonist, Derek Vinyard is a normal teenager with a stay at home mother and a firefighter father. While Derek's dad is putting putting out a fire in the ghetto, a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Couple updates because I haven't seen the movie in over a decade.
1. Derek's dad was kind of racist but not a "neo nazi", no justification for shooting him while he was putting out a fire.
2. They were breaking into his car, not his house. Still a good shoot.