American History X Stereotypes are commonplace in every society. Often times these stereotypes are hateful and made to degrade another race, creed, or any other group of people. These statements are very general and include the entire group without exemption to the individuals in that group. For example, the statement that all Irish people are drinkers is inaccurate because not all Irish people drink. Though the generalization is made. In the film American History X, …showed first 75 words of 854 total…

…showed last 75 words of 854 total…effect, the person that got killed was newly turned around. One would expect the older brother to be the one who is killed. However the impact of the story is greater in this circumstance. The fact that hate is one of the most destructive forces that we know is evident in this film. Stereotypes are wrong and we are wrong to use them. They dot help anything and mostly create a hurdle to our society.