No matter your racial issues... see this movie

Rating: Null/10 (3 August 2001)

Stellar. I was shocked at the end of the movie. After such a reformation, how can one adapt to such a tragedy when you've come so far in your crusade for racial tolerance? I don't care what people say. This wasn't a "change of heart" for a racist caucasian. This was a testament to the racist component in all of us. I came to college your typical white-collared Irish-Scottish-Swedish what have you, and having lived with a Jamaican for a year it changed my life. And that's what this movie is about. How over a short period of time a true understanding of another person's race can enhance you forever. Edward Norton is outstanding as ever. We were astounded by his presence in Primal Fear, entertained by his performance in Rounders and Fight Club, but I was intrigued and compelled to tolerance and compassion by his performance in American History X. The hatred of so many is fueled by passion with little justification. We live in a country where a small incident involving two racial factions becomes an all-out hate fest. How people can so immediately draw that dividing line over something non-cosmic between two parties whom we've never known. And we can take a side instantaneously. The transition of Edward Norton in this movie was plausible and realistic. You CAN change a person in three years. It's only so true, as evident in the movie, how backstabbing an all-white organization can be. This could be said of any organization so homogenous. When one member defects he is an invalid and despised. How amazing it is in the movie how tolerant the black population is of him when he forsakes his hateful methods. How amazing is this movie at showing the pure contempt and miraculous epiphany. How defeating when everything Norton's character has strived for with his family is crushed the moment things start to turn around for him. See this movie. It will stun you, if you've ever wanted to eradicate that last racist component in you.