Topic > Examples of The Noose Klan Hood and Native Americans...

One arm has a stripped black and white sleeve, the infamous attire of an inmate, he is handcuffed but not restrained and is holding an automatic rifle with a attached drum magazine. The other is an arm in formal dress holding onto a drum mallet while the rest of the body is made up of a large musical drum. The condemned man's arm represents crime in America. This is another example of how Europeans see Americans as the bad guys. Along with all the racism, America is also chock full of criminals. The automatic rifle with a large drum magazine is the face of American gangsters. This represents the amount of organized crime and gun violence present in the United States, which was just another reason why Europe saw us as evil. The other arm is wearing a suit and appears to be literally beating the drum that is part of it. This metaphor is quite literal. The phrase "beat the drum" is an expression meaning support and praise. The arm in the suit represents workers in America. The beating of the drum symbolizes their passionate and supportive towards the American invasion of Europe, another factor why Americans are illustrated as