Summary
This paper is on the movie "Crash" which portrays racism from the perspective of different ethnic groups. The characters in the movie stereotype each race and express cultural differences which are pretty close to what we experience daily. The characters did an excellent job showing each side views of the other race.
The movie “Crash” is one of my favorite films that were released over the last decade. The movie shows how race plays a part in today’s society. We were able to see how several different ethnic groups had their own views and opinions about another’s race as a whole. We saw two African American characters that played the role of car thieves with somewhat different views. One character believed that every white person had set out to destroy him, while the other had somewhat of a different view.
The two men were in an affluent part of Los Angeles and encountered the District Attorney and his wife. I noticed that the District Attorney’s wife clinched her purse while approaching the two African males who seemed to be out of place. Shortly thereafter, the two men carjacked the District Attorney and his wife and later on, she admitted that she became afraid before the incident happened. She clutched her purse as tight as she could but she didn’t say anything to her husband. One of the carjackers saw her and noticed her actions immediately. Although the two men were looking to commit a crime, she immediately stereotyped the two men because of their race.
Unfortunately, this happens far too often in our society. Young black men are expected to be dangerous criminals and the media and movies like the one we are discussing, has some bearing or impact on that. Every black man being a criminal can’t be farther from the true and the stereotype only relate to a few.
According to Sole (2012), “Stereotypes are also preconceived opinions you hold about someone, and they can be thought of as more...
