Racism In The Movie Race

The second to most important concept that is apparent throughout the entire movie is racism. Racism “is a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others” (Visconti, 2013). The main part in the movie that portrays racism is a black male and female couple who is driving a car similar to one that is stolen in earlier scene. It is obvious by the license plates that it is not the stolen car that was seen earlier. Ryan, the white racist cop, pulls the vehicle over regardless. While investigating the situation, …show more content…
We all stereotype people and put them into categories. We look down on certain people on how they look, making them feel less of a person. Yes, some people have different skin colors and different ways of living, but they are human beings. Race is how we characterize people based on skin color, hair texture, facial features… but it is also a social construct which means we make a big deal of this differences or we could choose to make no deal about this differences. “Lumping people together means you don't care about who they really are. You are not interested in getting to know them. If we don't take time to engage with one another, we can never dispel the erroneous assumptions we constantly make” (Lifford, 2015). Lumping people together will rob you of your humanity. Crash lumped people together, but concluded that we can all get along just fine when we take out the stereotyping and being close minded. It is up to us. We construct our understanding in any way we like. Learning to treat others with the same respect and dignity will come a long way in the workplace. For example, in the movie Shaniqua, the racist cop’s dad’s health care worker, didn’t do all she could for the patient. She should have done a lot more for his father, but she chose not to. When I graduate and become a Speech Language Pathologist, I plan on doing everything in my power to help the patients regardless of their race or ethnicity. I plan on viewing the world as one large melting pot, rather than just individuals. I feel my hard work and dedication to my job will show through in my actions. I will be working with elderly stroke victims, no matter what color their skin is I will treat them with compassion. Incorporating this movie not only in my everyday life, but also passing the ideas along to other people. Sharing the gospel as a Christian has a lot to do with loving others, and at the end of this movie they put aside