This film would seem, then, to counter Hollywood's typical depiction of racial harmony. However, even with these violent and hateful characters, Hollywood still succeeds in transforming them into non-racists. Just as DeMott describes a character s quick change of heart in movies, a dramatic turnaround comes when Derek befriends an African-American inmate. The final scene of the movie includes Danny being murdered in yet another race-related crime, but despite this tragic scene, Hollywood manages to include a happy ending. The movie concludes with Danny s voice saying, hate is baggage.
Life s too short to be pissed off all the time.
It s just not worth it, leaving the audience with some feeling that racism can be overcome. Hollywood presents an unrealistic, friendly atmosphere between races only after years of receiving criticism for stereotyping races and not incorporating them together. Now that the media seems to be attempting to abolish racism and prejudices, at least by more or less ignoring them, critics such as DeMott argue against this unrealistic scenario. One can argue that American History X comes close to achieving such a balanced structure. Derek s mind towards all races in general.