Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Christopher Hooton achinyorera magazini inonzi "The Independent" akataura kuti pakupemberera gore rechi20 firimu racho rabudiswa, firimu racho "riri kunyanya kukosha kupfuura kare". Clayton Schuster we"Mutevedzeri" akaenzanisa firimu nemabasa echokwadi outsinye; kuurawa kwavanhu vapfumbamwe veAfrica-America mu
Chechi yomuCharleston muna 2015, kufamba kwevanorwira kodzero muCharlottesville, Virginia muna 2017, uye gore rimwe gare gare, kupfura kukuru musinagogi muPittsburgh. Anopikisa kuti zviito zvechisimba izvi hazvina kusiyana noruvengo runoratidzwa mufirimu racho, achiwedzera kuti, "Kuzvikudza kwevachena kwave kuripo kwemazana emakore. Yakanga yakavanda pamuganhu wesimba reAmerica chifo chokuberekwa kworudzi urwu". Akawedzera kuti "kunenge kune musiyano mumwe unokosha... Firimu racho rinoratidzira maSkinhead somunhu akasiyana... Vakashongedzwa nemabhoti ane mitsetse tsvuku, misoro inopenya nemhaka yokugera, uye vakaiswa zviratidzo zveNazi nemashoko orusaruraganda. Vanotsigira ruvara rwechitema nhasi zvikurukuru vakagamuchira muitiro wokukwana munzanga panzvimbo pokuva vakatanhamara". Achinyorera magazini ye "Esquire" muna 2018, Justin Kirkland akataura kuti aifunga kuti "Zvichida chikonzero chekuti "American History X" ichiri kunzwa yakakosha makumi maviri emakore mushure mekuburitswa kwayo imhaka yekuti hatina kuita zvakakwana kuti irege... Ndinotya kuti tichave tichinyora pamusoro pe"American History X" nokusingaperi. Ndinotya zvichaitika kana tikasadaro".