The movie was an interesting movie because it has the ability to make you react with many emotions. The movie follows characters that live in Los Angeles and the characters are involved in each other characters’ lives. With each character I had a first impression and I would most of the time end up with different impressions of them in the end. There are a few concepts I noticed and created after watching the film. I had a variety of emotions while watching the film, the most notable emotions were angry to hopeful. Regarding racism the action I could take is to not always rely on stereotypes. The first concept important to me that I learned after watching the film is the main theme for the film. I believe the main theme of the film …show more content…
Taking action on a subject shows that one is truly understanding of the subject. The feeling of being angry influences me to try to control my own racism since everyone has a degree of racism in them from having prejudice to being a full out racist. I’ve always been against racism, and racism ends in horrible damage. This racism was mainly fueled by stereotypes which every character had. I am regularly trying to stay away from racism as much as I can, but this movie still had a huge effect on my emotions. Maybe people who are more racist may change their ways or understanding of racism and they may try their best to be less racist. I would not say I would try to change people and take out their racism because racism comes from how they grew up and how they perceive others. It is out of our control, but it does not mean it is entirely impossible to persuade an individual with the negative effects of racism. One of the examples of teaching others would be to teach others that stereotypes are not completely reliable. The main subject that is in the film is racism. The one of the two concepts I learned was within a busy city people’s lives collide with one another. Another concept is that everyone has different amounts of racism in them ranging from prejudice to full out racism. I felt much emotion while watching the movie as struggle added up for all the characters. I mostly
...erson’s perspective. People should learn to look at both sides of the spectrum and try to understand the hardships individuals face, in particular minority individuals. If the relationship between the NYPD and the minority community could be more of an understanding, and they each attempt to work together, things could be better. Better race relations may be a tough task but “Crash” shows how lives can cross paths at any time and the impact it can have. The consequences of incidents involving race in “Crash” may not be the same as the consequences of real life, but the eye-opening nature of the film may beneficial to society in many ways.
... that the film opens with. While the story may be slightly dramatic and pieces of the story “coincidentally” seem to fall into exactly the wrong place at the wrong time causing the tragedies in the film to happen, the events in this film are entirely capable of being a reality. Racism and prejudice continue to be prevalent issues in our society, but like Anthony, we can learn to overcome anything that holds us back from putting unity into practice and making our world a better place for everyone.
The movie Crash educates the viewers on the effects of racism, and the negativity it places in our society. The interpersonal communication that was played out throughout the movie, made me more conscientiously aware, of how I interact with different ethnicities, so as not to offend
In conclusion, if a person is looking for a great movie with suspense and an exciting ending about racism, than this movie would be highly recommended. This movie has several different emotions including, sad, happy, and straightforward. This movie gives the person watching it a great look at how racism was in the 1960’s and how it should've been. No matter what shape, color, or size a person may be, everybody deserves to be treated the same. I really did enjoy watching this movie and I would recommend it to
Many of the readings we had this semester has given me a better outlook on the society I know today. Mainly, the most obvious characteristics of people, race. Race: The power of an Illusion, allowed me to understand the construction of a complex distinction of people. These distinctions and classifications created a divide in humanity, and re-enforced a system that not only favored the white race, but embedded a virus of hatred for colored people to succumb for future generations. The man made term and meaning of race is a important tool that the white elite used to oppress non-whites. It 's in this film, which provides us with there ridiculous claims of black bodies inferiority and theorized inevitability of extinction. False scientific theories
I’ve chosen this movie to speak about due to the fact that it hit very close to home for me. This movie shows how others were treated and still to this day are treated like nothing if you’re not them in certain parts of the United States. It shows how corrupt law enforcement was way back then and you still see it to this day. I honestly just don’t see the point of racism. It affects everyone around not just that person it’s being committed against.
To be honest, I have a hard time pulling anything from this movie that relates to me. I guess the Jewish people showed unconditional love for their family and their strong will not to change who they are and what they believe because someone different from them believes that they are unworthy. I grew up in a fairly large family since I am one of six children. My family is very close and I believe that we have this unconditional love for each other no matter how annoyed we get with each other. I try to instill this in my own children. I teach them that it is ok to have disagreement and to be different but you must respect those differences because that is what makes each and every one unique. It would be pretty boring if everyone in the world was the same. I also relate to the holding firm to very values and what you belief. I believe that who a person is and what they believe should not change just because someone doesn’t like them. I always tell my children to be a leader not a follower, set the example and make your own decisions based on what you feel is right. Don’t follow someone else example just because everyone else
Our study of racism is related to the video because when the girl walks out of the classroom agitated, Jane Elliot said when one gets tired of being basis of their eye color, one can walk out that door, but when people of color get tired of racism, they can’t just walk out. Being a victim of racism isn’t something anyone wants to be apart of because being picked on because of your race, religion, or ethnicity isn’t something to be happy about because people should be happy of who they are not made of. I personally know people who have been victimized of racism in schools like people from the film too. Witnessing this isn’t something to be proud of because if you don’t it or try to prevent it from happening then you are no better than the person who was giving out the bullying to that person. Hopefully by seeing all these things happening around us involving racism we can finally put an end to it so people’s lives stop being in danger and put on the line
... supremacist gang, to rioting in an Asian owned grocery store, to finally brutally murdering someone. We observe as family ties become increasingly strained in every way, the viewer can easily conclude that Derek’s racism as well as his eventual influence on his younger brother ultimately contributed to their own downfall. As controversial as this movie maybe for the offensive language and brutal violence, it is a movie that deserves to be seen, and even discussed. It really provides insight into some factors within society that cannot be contained by the law or even deterred by even the harshest punishments. Even though American society is becoming more modernized as time goes by in terms of tolerance, racism will unfortunately always be prevalent in society and inevitably it will also lead some individuals to violently express their distorted mentalities.
The first semester of college went by fast. September felt like yesterday it’s hard to believe that we are already in November. The other day I began to think about Thanksgiving and somehow it felt as though Thanksgiving already passed. This first semester was a transition experience from perfect high school to writer to novice writer.
It is based on a young black boxer who is being wrongfully imprisoned for murder and whose life was ruined by racism. While in prison he writes an autobiography. An African-American boy and his friends decide to read the book. They then become convinced that he is innocent and are motivated to prove it. This movie shows the value of good people stepping up to the plate and doing what is right, despite the consequences. This movie also helped shaped my values because I like to advocate for those who I think are innocent and I do that by taking a few cases pro bono with my firm. Which means me and a criminal attorney at my firm are denoting legal work without charge for a client to help them out with their criminal case, if we can prove
Part of human nature is judging something by what surrounds it even if it is another human. Think of a community that has every color, every race, every religion, and every kind of person that community however, doesn’t value each other to some point which causes a problem, a problem that we call racism in today’s era, a problem that needs to be eliminated because it allows a gap that shouldn’t exist in our society. Our society must understand that it isn’t okay to discriminate someone for how they look or what they believe in or what color they happen to be, specifically speaking to those who aren’t smart enough to realize that discrimination isn’t making any change for the better nor is it allowing certain groups in the community to advocate
“We fight each other for territory; we kill each other over race, pride, and respect. We fight for what is ours. They think they’re winning by jumping me now, but soon they’re all going down, war has been declared.” Abuse, Pain, Violence, Racism and Hate fill the streets of Long Beach, California. Asians, Blacks, Whites and Hispanics filled Wilson High School; these students from different ethnic backgrounds faced gang problems from day to night. This movie contains five messages: people shouldn’t be judgmental because being open-minded allows people to know others, having compassion for a person can help people change their views in life, being a racist can only create hate, having the power of the human will/goodness to benefit humanity will cause a person to succeed at any cost and becoming educated helps bring out the intelligence of people.
Racism is a huge social problem in the world today. Many races today are being discriminated for being a certain race. Racism has been a social problem for a quite long time now, and it is still a social problem. The vast majority are being discriminated because of a certain group of a race, or person, done something that was awful, but this does not mean the whole race is to blame for the actions of others. Other races are looked down upon because of the color of their skin or maybe because they look very different. Racism has led up to genocide because one group fears another, or because of the way a race looks. A person who is racist is not born racist, they are taught to be racist or they see other people being racist, and they want to
The last time I had watched that movie was in high school, and though it affected me in some ways many years ago, it served as more of a learning experience this time – especially when paired with the discussion. As a teenager, I watched it, immediately deemed everyone racists, and put in the next movie. While discussing the movie during class, I was struck by how much empathy was had for everyone involved. Kneejerk reactions do not affect meaningful change; only by understanding the dynamics of human behavior can we identify the true issues and work toward solutions. Additionally, hearing what other people picked up on as examples of prejudice, discrimination, and the other categories were enlightening because they picked up on things that I otherwise would not have