A film American History X (1988) deals with white supremacy and racism. We can see a variety of racial representations in this film. We will first look at the implicit racial associations and racist stereotypes seen in the film as part of John Russell's discussion in his research "Race as Ricorso: Blackface(s), Racial Representation, and the Transnational Apologetics of Historical Amnesia in the United States.” United States and Japan,” examine the context and arguments about race in the film, and finally see the filmmaker’s editorial perspective. There are so many symbols that represent race in this film. Two young white brothers are present in the story. Older brother Derek was a white supremacist. He killed two young black men and was in prison for three years for voluntary manslaughter. He wears many icons of white supremacy on his look, including a skinhead and swastika tattoo on his chest. However, after his release from prison, he has his hairstyle soft and no longer shows his tattoo to others (he only sees it in the mirror after taking a shower which reminds him of his former past of regret). His younger brother Danny was greatly inspired by Derek and now becomes a member of a white supremacist group. He also shaves his head and has a collection of Nazi posters in his bedroom. Their looks show a typical young white supremacist today. Derek changed his racist ideology while he was in prison. Not only because he was brutally raped by one of his white inmates, but also because he saw the reality of racial conflict and was disillusioned. Various racial symbols are depicted in the prison. Prison guards say racist remarks to Derek. The black, white and Hispanic macho groups are clearly divided ... middle of paper ...he doesn't do that, he can rest assured he is not racist (Finley, 2003, p.82) . This is probably because the story relies more on racial stereotypes, whereas a similar film such as Crash more effectively uses racial stereotypes in ordinary people to show the conflicts between them that are more likely to occur in their daily lives. (2003). Film Review Essay: American History X: Teaching Tool or Tool for White Supremacy? Contemporary Justice Review, 6(1), 81-84. Kaye, T. (editor). (1998). American History X [Cinema film]. United States: New Line Cinema. Russell, J. (2011). Race as Ricorso: Blackface(s), racial representation and transnational apologetics of historical amnesia in the United States and Japan. In Y. Takezawa (Ed.), Racial representation in Asia (pp. 124-147). Kyoto, Japan: Kyoto University Press.