What Is Propaganda In Venice Beach

Derek and Danny were told by their father and Cameron that in order to make their community and the country better, they needed to stand up against African Americans because they were the source of the problems and issues in Venice Beach. They were manipulated into these wrong ideas by propaganda and their own vulnerability. Derek and Danny’s father had been shot while putting out a fire in an African American's home because Derek needed something to push his anger and Cameron noticed his vulnerability, he thought he had the answer. Their hate group thought that by scaring and killing the minorities in their neighborhood, they would get rid it of all the “bad” and once again be “happy”. The idea of utilitarianism is that as long as society …show more content…
He then again saw it when his friend protected him from the other gangs inside the prison. For Danny though it took much longer for him to understand this equality, and it wasn’t until he was too late that he tried to change his ways of thinking. After Derek had told him the stories of what happened, he seemed to have a better understanding of how she should act. Although he was first confused, he listened to more of what Derek said and began to trust in him. For Seth and the rest of the white supremacist group, it doesn’t show in the movie whether or not they sense equality or not. After they were attacked though, I’m sure they experienced some realization of what they were doing was …show more content…
By understanding, I mean a more open to other ideas and ethnicities. I believe this because they will constantly disagree with those people who have a different opinion as they do. I believe the group does not fit into a society in which they practice democracy. This is because in a democracy the rights of the individual are stressed, with a white supremacist group, they will always believe their rights outweigh the rights of a minority. As shown in the movie, it is clear they believe higher of themselves than those in a minority, and when their neighborhood was more populated with whites they were “happy”. But after minorities started to move in, and they tried to scare them off yet again, the minorities fought back in which this got Danny killed at the end of the movie. Although he was just practicing what he believed, he was too open about it and it inevitably got him shot. This is why I think a utilitarian group doesn’t belong in a society in which practice democracy, many problems will arise and no group will ever get their