Racism and Prejudice in the Movie Crash

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Movie Analysis Racism, prejudice, stereotypes, discrimination, these are just a few of the topics that the movie Crash touches on. This film was well written and shows an honest depiction of the racial and social tensions that we face every day. However, the film shows us that no matter who you are, we all have some type of stereotype ingrained into us and it is not one group of people that believe in the stereotypes of others.
In the first ten minutes of the film, we see a Persian man trying to buy a gun and the sales clerk, who was white, becoming impatient and refers to the man as “Osama.” This shows that the sale clerk believes that all Middle-Eastern looking people come specifically from Iraq. I was shocked that the clerk even lets
This film was made in 2004, but all the scenes with the police showed us all the problems we are having with cops today. John Ryan pulled over the couple because he saw the wife giving her husband fellatio while he was driving. When they got pulled over Cameron was very cooperative, but Christine was getting very mouthy with John which caused him to get aggressive with them. This scene made me think about all the problems we are facing in America with cops killing innocent unarmed black people. John then begins to pat the couple down and manually molesting Christine. This saddens me that a police officer would use his power against her. It makes me even sadder that he got away with it. Christine was going to report the officer and she had every right to do that. No officer who abuse his/her power like that. However, this scene perfectly depicted everything that is going on with the Black Lives Matter movement. I personally do believe and support the Black Lives Matter movement. However, I believe that the Black Lives Matter movement is now creating this stereotype that all police officers are bad. Police officers are supposed to protect us, but with all the killings people are now feeling more unsafe anytime they are pulled over. Later in the film when Christine is in an accident and her car is upside down, it is John who has come to rescue her. I liked this scene because yes, John was being racist against her and Cameron earlier, but he was not going to let any of his prejudice stand in the way of him saving her. He was able to set all of this aside and get her out from the car. When the car caught on fire and he was pulled out, he could have left her there to die, but he went back in and saved

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