#10

                Having already seen American History X multiple times before I still enjoyed it once again. Even though it is a Hollywood depiction of what a true skin head is like and what the white national movement looks like, I think it does a very good job on displaying the true reality. I think a fundamental part of the movie was seen in the jail scene. I think when Derek first gets to prison and he finds other just like him as in being a White Nationalist it shows the truth about how the groups are attracted to each other and how they have each others back for any cause needed in the jail. Once it gets a little further into the jail scene though and Derek has a fit about the other members of his group socializing with other races it gets a little to fake for me because in real life in a jail this would actually happen.

                Its hard to say how video games play into the role of this movie but one thing I could mention is Danny’s youth makes him a great target for a white nationalist video game. Being a high school student just like many of his friends shown when they are at the big party, makes them the future of the movement and getting them to play some games that are racially based. Being the future of the movement has a lot of pressure on these young kids and to get them to believe the movement is worthy of a cause might make them want to reiterate the violence seen in games.

                When I read Autobiography of a recovering skinhead I was really moving. I think  the part that stuck out the most to me was when he was talking about recruiting people to join the movement. He wasn’t looking for the most racist kids that one might think but rather he looked for the kids that were most pissed off about being picked on. For how bad it is for Meeink to even try to recruit kids so young, this is a really a great way to do his business. Kids that are being bullied and are angry they are looking for revenge of sorts and being recruited into the white nationalist movement lets the have those opportunities. In the video Meeink talks about how he used to be bullied and once he went to the club with other members and saw his “friend” beat up other people he got excited.

                The way I see this relating to video games is some anger that is made during video games. All the white nationalist and racist video games are very hateful and graphic. This might allow a pissed off kid that is being bullied go home play some games that have killing and violence. This is exactly what the white nationalist want for a demographic playing their games.