Crash

The movie we watched in class (Crash) was very informative. Throughout the movie i saw many different examples of prejudice, stereotypes, sexism, racism, etc. The movie starts with off with stereotypes. The first and most noticeable, when the two black males rob the white couple. It was confusing to me watching this scene though. The two black males were walking, coming from a dinner and were talking about how the waitress was being racist towards him because of his skin color. While talking about that he noticed the women of the white couple hug up on her husband. He interpreted this as a sign of prejudice because the women saw the two black males so she hugged up on her husband for protection. With that being said, as i was watching this seemed i assumed that the two black males were genuine and were just noticing how they were perceived in society. Turns out all the stereotypes and racism they recieved happen to be correct. The two black males ended up pulling out their weapons and robbing the couple of there car.

Later in the movie another stereotype comes into play, the stereotype that all hispanics are criminals. The white lady of the couple again pre judges somebody based off of their looks. Admittedly the man who was fixing the couple's door did look a bit off the edge, but that's no way treat somebody just because of their appearance. Turned out the hispanic overheard the conversation the woman was having with her husband and gave them back their keys because the women thought he would rob her. Throughout the movie you realize the judgements made about the hispanic were false and he ends up being a great man and father.

Fear, racial tensions, and anger are all present throughout this movie. Personally i feel like they all are related and cause and effects of each other. The fear of the other race and what they are capable of brings anger because you are unaware of what they can do. Then racial tensions come because you fear that race and are angry towards them so there is always a tension between you and them. Thus leading to racist remarks and pre judging people.

To conclude, this movie was great. It surpassed what i thought it was going to be. With all the different examples of racism, stereotypes, prejudice, etc it really challenged me to think about how i am in society. How others perceive me and how i judge others. I identify as black and that may come with its stereotypes, but i will work to prove those stereotypes wrong, and i will try not to judge others based off of second hand information.