Crash: A Brief Summary

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In the film Crash, Officer Ryan pulls over a black couple. He catches them doing sexual acts and decides to harass the couple. The wife insults the cop for pulling them over and she drunk so her actions aren’t exactly nice. When Officer Ryan makes the couple put their hands behind their back, he says “ You think you know who you are? You have no idea.” This quote might not seem important, but behind it is a lot of meaning. Officer Ryan says this because no one can fully understand their own mind, intentions, reasoning, behavior, and what they would do or who they would be in any given situation. Short summary is that certain scenarios and things can make you do things that you wouldn’t normally do. I can strongly relate to this because when

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