American History The film tells the story of the two Vinyard brothers, Derek and Danny, and their family who live in Venice Beach, California. Derek is a member of a neo-Nazi group and is very committed to defending the white race which he defines as ''superior'' while Danny, younger, admires his brother and would simply like to behave like him. Sentenced to three years in prison for the murder of two black criminals who tried to steal his car, Derek leaves Danny alone without a mark and under the influence of the neo-Nazi group and its founder Cameron Alexander. Although intelligent but young, Danny seems lost and falls into racist ideas that the environment he frequents continues to hammer into him. It begins to influence his school work where, one day, he writes an essay praising Mein Kampf. Dr. Sweeney, the black principal of Venice Beach High School, is almost paternal to Danny and tries to help him despite his xenophobic and dangerous behavior. The title of the film is actually the name of Dr. Sweeney who gives private lessons that he decided to teach young Danny, his first task is to write a new essay about his brother, which will serve as a guideline for the film. The Principal aims to prevent Danny from suffering the same fate as his brother and ending up in prison, because he has hope in him and does not want to abandon him in this unhealthy environment, starting with Seth, Derek's obese ex-friend, deeply racist and hateful in his towards African Americans. After his release from prison, Derek realizes the consequences of his behavior on Danny and the situation he has left his family in. Follows...... in the middle of the paper...... the sudden death of his little brother, his blood symbolically splashes his essay in the school bathrooms like a finger waving goodbye to this attempt to break this cycle of violence, as if he always had the last word. It's a bit like the feeling the viewer gets at the end of the film because all the efforts of the two brothers to restore order in their lives are ruined by this murder committed by a black classmate Danny with whom he had an altercation before. . The feelings of impotence and inevitability in a society where hatred always ends up winning, but also the bitterness at seeing the waste of two lives. It is therefore a very pessimistic message that is conveyed at the end of the film, in contrast to the encouraging conclusion that Danny writes in his article quoting Abraham Lincoln, full of hope and friendship, and testifying to the progress he has made, despite in vain.