The movie, Crash revolves in the theme of racism and diversity in which focuses on different people’s life stories and how racial prejudice influences their decision making processes and life. After the light in the classroom was illuminated and the movie was over, my reaction to the movie were intense and mixed. The movie makes me think of social issues such as Islamophobia that are happening today in the U.S. Watching the movie with my classmates who have different culture and religious beliefs, the movie reminds me of my own roots as a daughter who is raised under the influence of my Chinese’s parents. In addition, the movie reminds me the meaning and importance of respect. There are many scenes especially throughout the movie that are …show more content…
memorable and emotional to me. The concepts of perception and nonverbal communication can be applied to the movie specifically on the interaction between different characters. I personally think Crash is a good and educative movie because it reflects on the reality of the society where there is still the existence of racial discrimination in a variety of forms like stereotypes. For example, the scene when a police officer, Ryan tries to save a woman, Christine who is trapped in a car due to the car accident truly teaches me a lesson. I learn from the scene that people sometimes have bad judgement in which can affect their decision making skills such as taking irreversible actions. Christine didn’t want Ryan to save her due to their previous encounter when Ryan unlawfully touched Christine’s body. From that scene, I understand Christine’s emotion on her refusal to be saved by him. If I were Christine at that scene, I wouldn’t trust someone to save me who had hurt me in the past. Overall, I learn that people are not perfect therefore it should be forgivable if a person feel remorse for their wrongful actions. I admire Ryan till the end of the scene on his persistence to save Christine even if it means to cost his own life. The character of Ryan is relatable to another character, Anthony who commits the crime of motor vehicle theft to sell cars for money. For the most part in the movie, Anthony’s action is unlawfully wrong but in the end of the movie he changes into an admirable character. Anthony saves illegal immigrants from the evil of trafficking. Therefore, I believe many characters in the movie like Anthony and Ryan have good heart but are distracted by the bad influences from misconceptions about racism and society. My reaction to this movie is mixed because I am confused about the world we are living in in which the definition of good versus evil. Watching the Crash movie with my classmates who have different gender, race, religious beliefs, and culture, it makes me think of the metaphor of melting pot.
Since I was taught in middle school on the definition of melting pot, the meaning of that term is the acceptance and respectfulness among people despite of the difference in gender, race and religions. The movie and the theory of melting pot both remind me of the diversity in the class and in the country of U.S as well. After I watched the movie with a diverse group, I feel thankful to people from the past that fought for the problem of racial discrimination in which promotes equality and peace to the modern society in U.S. My classmates and I are raised and taught with different values therefore we should respect each other. Since I was born in New York City, I was raised and taught by my Chinese parents. Therefore, I respect both values from American and Chinese cultural beliefs. I also respect my classmates who have different cultural identities than me. Furthermore, I also understand that my classmates have different views than me on cultural identity in which I personally don’t explore my own cultural identity. I highly value the concept of respect to different cultures more than self-identity. When I was watching the movie, I remember the scene when two police officers were abusing their powers to harass two innocent people rendered my feeling of uncomfortableness. At that moment, my attention was briefly drifted to my classmates because I wanted to see their reaction to that particular scene. From that moment, I also saw the difference in gender and physical appearance. Despite the difference, individuals should still show respect on this difference instead of supporting racial discrimination. My belief is similar to the term, cultural competency in which the ability for people to be respectful to one and other regardless of the difference in cultural identity. My classmates and I have interest in the
healthcare field in which this field requires the embrace of diversity. Many scenes and characters from the movie can be connected to the concepts from communication course. According to the lecture notes about perception, people generally have their own mind maps therefore they will react to those maps (Harris, 2016a). In the beginning of the movie when Anthony decided to carjack a married couple’s car, his own map told him to take that action due to his prejudice belief. The couple specifically the woman, Jean showed sign of fear when Anthony was walking towards them. Therefore, Anthony believes his own mind map that the difference in color and race exists. Although people generally find comfort in acting according to their own mind maps, their mind maps are not always accurate. In fact, Anthony’s own map caused wrong judgment in his decision making process by committing wrongful acts. Fortunately, Anthony realizes the limitation in his own map and decides to change it by doing a good deed in the end of the movie. According to the lecture notes about nonverbal communication, Jean’s action such as cuddling closer to her husband reinforces Anthony’s prejudice belief (Harris, 2016b). Jean’s eye contact from avoiding Anthony is also an example of nonverbal communication (Harris, 2016b). This scene made me realize the importance of nonverbal communication in which unconscious body movements can be part of communication process. Furthermore, unconscious body movements, facial expressions and physical appearance can influence people’s mind such as decision making skills (Harris, 2016b). There is a possibility that if Jean didn’t perform these unconscious movements and emotions, Anthony would not be triggered by these forms of nonverbal communication to steal her car. The intense and emotional lessons from the movie, Crash make me realize the importance of respect to different cultures. Although there are some intense scenes that are slightly unbearable to watch, it is still a good movie to learn about the issue of racism. I generally feel comfortable watching the movie with a diverse group. Although there is an absolute and clear difference on my cultural identity with my classmates, this specific difference doesn’t bother me. The movie also connects the concepts that I learn from communication class such as perception and nonverbal communication. The importance of these concepts will have an impact on me to how I act in my personal life as well as my professional life working in the healthcare industry in the future.
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
The movie Crash (2004), directed by Paul Haggis, has encouraged the former Los Angeles police chief, William Bratton, to inform his deputy chiefs of the race relations within the movie. Bratton said “There’s nothing I saw depicted there that I’ve not experienced in my own years of policing;” therefore, the question that comes to mind is whether or not the film is also applicable to race relations in New York City. I sincerely believe that race relations within the New York City Police department and the minority community still exist; however, the media exaggerates the incidents that occur between different ethnic backgrounds. There are more incidences that occur between the same ethnic group, rather than attacks solely between blacks and
Crash is a movie based over a day and a half in Los Angeles. It is an overview of a group desperate people 's lives overlapping as the deal with tense situations such as race and privilege that accompanies city life. One of the main characters is the white district attorney who uses his political prowess to step on other races; his wife who was recently carjacked
The movie Crash was directed by Paul Haggis is a powerful film that displays how race is still a sociological problem that affects one 's life. It also focuses on how we should not stereotype people based on their color because one may come out wrong in the end. Stereotyping is a major issue that is still happening in today 's society and seems to only be getting worse. This movie is a great way to see the daily life and struggle of other races and see how racism can happen to anyone, not just African Americans which seems to only be seen in the news and such.
The picture Crash, produced by Robert Haggis, features the several battles confronted with the current racial stereotypes, in to a collection of numerous connected, social predicaments fall upon by the picture's multi ethnic forged. Robert Haggis uses the dialogue and physical actions of his characters to illustrate the various racial stereotypes that are pre-assigned to each race by every individual. This movie is an enchanting bodily melodrama that reaches the feelings of spirits and its crowd's minds. Several of the components given by Haggis in this movie are impersonated in intense sets. This design of reversing is communicated opposed figures and by his character, the picture's possibly nighttime or daytime environment, and additionally in the hearth and snowfall moments. In this movie, the varied functions performed by the several contests of contemporary America are revealed to the globe by Haggis. Through coldly racial difficulties confronted by his figures, an intentionally affecting movie that drives his crowd to challenge their own ethical principles is created by Haggis. Each contest is signified through the picture and coldly exhibits ethnocentrism and racialism. Paul Haggis incorporates the use of identification, parallel plots, reaction shots, point-of-view shots, shot/reverse shots, diegetic music, and post-modern film in the film. Through his character development, editing and special effects we are drawn into.
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.
It's just a film, and some would say that it's not meant to solve the America's issues with racism and classism. While this is true, it is dangerous for such a prevalent film like Crash, which won three Academy Awards including Best Picture in 2005 in addition to a slew of other accolades, to perpetuate that elusive, intangible type of oppression that we all live in, but some still deny. As Langston writes in Tired of Playing Monopoly?
Tension between the African Americans and Caucasians have been present in America since slavery. In the movie Crash (2004), race and culture are major themes that can be seen in the lives of the characters in the film. One character in particular, Cameron, a prestigious color vision director, displays the friction between two cultures. He belongs to the educated, upper class of the Los Angeles area. He is also an African American, yet he seems to have no ties with that class. He has a light-skinned wife, attends award shows, and it appears that his acquaintances are predominately white. When he and his wife, Christine, get pulled over by a racist cop, he experiences emotions of powerlessness and helplessness that he never knew he would experience due to his upbringing and place in society. Cameron goes through a radical transformation where he comes to grips with his background and how he fits into these two clashing cultures.
This quote refers to the diversity in Los Angeles and how people put up personal barriers and are hesitant to trust others. Crash is a movie that really gets people to look at their own prejudices and to the roots of their morality by showing the hidden racism and prejudices that are very present in our society and even in ourselves today.
The film presents scientific and biological evidence that people of different races are not genetically distinct from each other; the comparison of DNA sequences was able to clearly show that this idea of races being biologically different from each other is false. This was able to show that the belief of distinct differences between races is the effect society has had on us, because of the inequality and social injustice present. This shift will be difficult, because people are so used to seeing people being treated differently due to their race and have been exposed to people of different races being represented
"Crash" is a movie that exposes different kinds of social and multicultural differences, giving us a quick example of how these conducts affect our society. Two of the behaviors observed, are Prejudice and Stereotyping. Identified as the causes of where all the events eradicate.
The much praised and Oscar winning film Crash presents an uncompromising insight into what is considered to be a modern and sophisticated society. The film challenges viewers to examine the issues of race, gender and ethnicity and to which extent they plague society even now, thirteen years after it’s theatrical release.
... 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.
In movie "Crash" it's about a large mixture of people of different race in Los Angeles, California and also how people all intermix with one in another. In the film Crash there are many characters that starts to change their strategy throughout the film. However, there was one character in the movie that has changed the most that was Sandra Bullock who played Jean Cabot.
“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.