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How ‘American History X’ teaches us the dangers of living in an echo chamber
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In this weeks podcast we tackle probably one of the more controversial films and topics, a film that argues that hate can be learnt and un-learnt. This 1998 crime drama, sees Ed Norton take on the role of Derek Vinyard, a neo-Nazi who’s life is transformed when he breaks his cycle of hatred with the help of another prison inmate and an empathetic teacher that won’t give up on him.
Sadly, this film feels so much more relevant today than it was in 1998, where we all own our own echo chambers in our back pockets, social media helping us to ring fence our beliefs and perpetuate onto the world our own biased ideals on a range of different topics.
It was a really difficult podcast to do, and involved a lot of thought and research - so please give it a listen and let us know your thoughts.
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