Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nokuda kwegore rechi 20 remufirimu wacho, Christopher Hooton anonyorera "The Independent" akataura kuti firimu racho "rinonzwa richidiwa zvikuru zvino kupfuura zvaraiita kare". Clayton Schuster we"Vice" akaenzanisa firimu racho noutsinye chaihwo; kuurayiwa kwevanhu vapfumbamwe vokuAfrica vokuAmerica muchechi yeCharleston
muna 2015, kufamba kwevanhu vakanga vari kurudyi-kurudyi muCharlottesville, kuVirginia muna 2017, uye gore rakatevera racho, vanhu vakawanda vakapfurwa 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".