Stereotypes In The Movie Crash

Paul Haggis directed the movie “Crash” in 2004. Haggis came up with this movie idea one night after waking up from a dream. The dream consisted of two guys hijacking his car. After that dream, Haggis started thinking about whom the two kids were and the locksmith they had hired that night. Sooner later, Haggis states, “I had the whole plot and all of the characters” (HuffingtonPost.com). This movie shows the difficulties each character had with racial discrimination and redemption. Each character’s storyline had qualities of personal judgments based on their racial view of society. Haggis’s message to the audience convened the revolution on society based on certain circumstances. He was able to show this message through the different conflicts

The director is able to show the constant connection between race and personal beliefs. The first racial issue that comes up in the movie involves two black guys who go to a restaurant, and one of them feel as if he was not treated the same way as the other white customers. He goes on explaining that many white people tend to feel

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During another movie scene, a white police officer pulls over a black couple while examining for weapons. Then, he started to sexually harass her in front of her husband. The husband could not do anything because it could have cause racial scandal. The movie ended with the car crash that was shown at the beginning of the movie. The different personalities of each character expressed how they would react in the racial