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Steriotypes. Crash and Steriotypes The movie Crash depicts several characters and
brings them together through car accidents, shootings, and carjackings. ...
... Crash and Steriotypes The movie Crash depicts several characters and brings them
together through car accidents, shootings, and carjackings. ...
Submitted by bionicbenzz on May 17, 2006
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Crash and Steriotypes
The movie Crash depicts several characters and brings them together through car accidents, shootings, and carjackings. Most of the characters depicted in the film are racially prejudiced in some way, and become involved in conflicts which force them to examine their own prejudices. Through these characters interactions, the film attempts to show that racism is common in modern America.
One scene that moved me was when the locksmith was talking to his daughter about how she was safe in their new house and how the cloth around her neck would always keep her safe. One external noise that I realized was when the black lady that got into an accident there was a Middle Eastern music playing in the back ground. There are many factors that affect the communication in this film; one characters who are constantly using profanity to express their anger.
One major conflict that bothers me the most was when officer Ryan pulled over two young African American people and assaulted the young lady and put her in an uncomfortable position. The method that could have been used to solve this was Ryan's partner could of stepped forward and done his job as a police officer which is to help and not to watch.
As Ryan was talking to Shaniqwa, HMO case supervisor, he was forcing the situation of his dad on her for help. When she refused a couple of times, he made a very nasty comment. The comment was something like this; I wonder how many white males did not get your job, it's a shame. To me this comment is very racist. Even though his dad was very sick I was happy that he was thrown out of her office for being racist. Another example of stereotyping I noticed was when Anthony's friend wanted to ride the bus because their car was not starting, Anthony didn't want to ride the bus because he thought the only reason why the window of the bus was so big is to humiliate the African American people that need to ride the bus....
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