Racism in Film Crash
In the film Crash, racism is a major theme. Racism is the discrimination or abusive behavior towards members of another race. In this case, white people are racist towards the black people. In this society, white people have power over black people and black people cannot do anything about it. Some whites don't use their power towards blacks but clearly show that they dislike blacks. The film shows a few scenes that define racism and power.
About ten minutes into the film, two black guys were walking towards a politician and his wife and once the wife saw the black guys, she walked closer to her husband. The black guys then took their guns out and robbed the politician's …show more content…
This scene is an example of power between white and black and also dislike of blacks. The only reason the cop doesn?t like blacks is because his father worked as a janitor his whole life and when he saved enough to start his own company, he had twenty-three workers, all black, paid them equal wages when no one did for thirty years and overnight, his father loses everything because the city council decided to give minorities a city contract and his father never blamed the black people. The other scene was in the lady?s office in the clinic. The cop asked the lady if his father needed a surgery if she can write an authorize letter for him. She didn?t agree to the authorization because the cop said some unpleasant things to her.
The scene with the director and his white co-worker was an example of whites power. The white guy told the director that they needed another take because the speech of the black actor wasn?t black enough. The director said it didn?t need a retake but then the white guy kind of revealed his power and the director agreed to do the scene again.
The Good Cop scene with the investigators brother was really suspenseful. No one would think that at the end the two cops trade places. The bad one saves the person he assaults and the good one kills someone. The good cop picks up a black guy and after the guy got in, the cop saw the guy?s
In the film Crash, racism is a major theme. Racism is the discrimination or abusive behavior towards members of another race. In this case, white people are racist towards the black people. In this society, white people have power over black people and black people cannot do anything about it. Some whites don't use their power towards blacks but clearly show that they dislike blacks. The film shows a few scenes that define racism and power.
About ten minutes into the film, two black guys were walking towards a politician and his wife and once the wife saw the black guys, she walked closer to her husband. The black guys then took their guns out and robbed the politician's …show more content…
This scene is an example of power between white and black and also dislike of blacks. The only reason the cop doesn?t like blacks is because his father worked as a janitor his whole life and when he saved enough to start his own company, he had twenty-three workers, all black, paid them equal wages when no one did for thirty years and overnight, his father loses everything because the city council decided to give minorities a city contract and his father never blamed the black people. The other scene was in the lady?s office in the clinic. The cop asked the lady if his father needed a surgery if she can write an authorize letter for him. She didn?t agree to the authorization because the cop said some unpleasant things to her.
The scene with the director and his white co-worker was an example of whites power. The white guy told the director that they needed another take because the speech of the black actor wasn?t black enough. The director said it didn?t need a retake but then the white guy kind of revealed his power and the director agreed to do the scene again.
The Good Cop scene with the investigators brother was really suspenseful. No one would think that at the end the two cops trade places. The bad one saves the person he assaults and the good one kills someone. The good cop picks up a black guy and after the guy got in, the cop saw the guy?s