The movie Crash is a drama about racial and social tensions in Los Angeles, California. The writer of the movie Crash, was inspired by a real-life incident, in which his Porsche was carjacked outside a video store on Wilshire Boulevard in 1991 (Crash Commentary, 2005).
Over two days in Los Angeles, California, several lives intertwine. A detective estranged from his mother, who has a gang member, drug dealing brother. A white district attorney and his trophy wife who is frustrated with life. A racist white police officer who disgusts his younger partner; an African American Hollywood director and his wife who must deal with the officer; a Persian-immigrant father who is wary of others and feel let down by the American life her dream of; and …show more content…
As a southern where racism is abundant and seen daily, much of this movie was nothing new for me. This movie uses prejudices, stereotypes & fears as the catalyst for the actions & reactions found in Crash. Sadly, living in the south there is still a great deal of discrimination and cultural conflict much like the movie plot. Not a day goes by in the Memphis area that cultural difference does not cause a murder or so other type of violent …show more content…
Crash is a film of collisions: vehicles, personalities, attitudes, stereotypes, conventions, and ultimately audience expectations. The scene in which I learned the most about other cultures is the scene with the Muslim man. In the scene we observe a Muslim man inside a firearm store, attempting to buy a gun. A white Caucasian male who owns the store presents a negative attitude towards the customer because of his Muslim background. These feeling triggered in the owner, are negative attitudes based on the assimilation and stereotypes with the Muslim race. The owner immediately associated the customer with the Al Qaeda terrorist group, which was responsible for suicidal bombers that have killed thousands of Americans. All I could think during this scene was how terrible it must feel to always be treated with such prejudice. I always say just because one person does something does not make everyone from that culture like them and this is a prime example. This Muslim man is here in the United States of America, trying to live an honest life and take care of his
Over two days in Los Angeles, California, several lives intertwine. A detective estranged from his mother, who has a gang member, drug dealing brother. A white district attorney and his trophy wife who is frustrated with life. A racist white police officer who disgusts his younger partner; an African American Hollywood director and his wife who must deal with the officer; a Persian-immigrant father who is wary of others and feel let down by the American life her dream of; and …show more content…
As a southern where racism is abundant and seen daily, much of this movie was nothing new for me. This movie uses prejudices, stereotypes & fears as the catalyst for the actions & reactions found in Crash. Sadly, living in the south there is still a great deal of discrimination and cultural conflict much like the movie plot. Not a day goes by in the Memphis area that cultural difference does not cause a murder or so other type of violent …show more content…
Crash is a film of collisions: vehicles, personalities, attitudes, stereotypes, conventions, and ultimately audience expectations. The scene in which I learned the most about other cultures is the scene with the Muslim man. In the scene we observe a Muslim man inside a firearm store, attempting to buy a gun. A white Caucasian male who owns the store presents a negative attitude towards the customer because of his Muslim background. These feeling triggered in the owner, are negative attitudes based on the assimilation and stereotypes with the Muslim race. The owner immediately associated the customer with the Al Qaeda terrorist group, which was responsible for suicidal bombers that have killed thousands of Americans. All I could think during this scene was how terrible it must feel to always be treated with such prejudice. I always say just because one person does something does not make everyone from that culture like them and this is a prime example. This Muslim man is here in the United States of America, trying to live an honest life and take care of his