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HATE IS BAGGAGE “The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the more it will contract.” Oliver Wendell Holmes Racism- it’s almost impossible to turn on a news program, read a newspaper, magazine article, or engage in a political discussion without that word coming up at one time or another. This rage has many forms, from the hoods of the Ku Klux Klan, to the shaved heads and swastikas of today’s skinheads. All these ideas are presented within the movie American History X, when the audience joins the lives of Derrick and Danny Vinyard. Moreover, the movie allows people to see the many sides of racism present in everyday life. As the movie progresses, the viewers begin to learn that racism is passed on from generation to generation, it knows no culture, and that there is no room for racism in society today. Family traditions and heritage are customarily passed from parent to a child. Not only are favorable traditions passed on, but also the adverse traits of the parents. If racism was not passed on throughout history then we would not witness it on the streets and in our own homes today. We must learn to put racism in our past and begin to mature as a society. We must all lea