Essay On The Movie Crash
This world we live in is full of problems that include ethnicity, appearance, and class. Why does the color of our skin really matter, or why does it define who we are? In the United states stereotyping is a major issue based on physical appearance. The movie crash was an example of reality we get to see in our everyday life for black, middle eastern, Hispanic, and Asian people.
In the movie crash we were taught the example of stereotyping based on appearance of a person. Everyone is created with good hearts, but unfortunately as we grow older we get to know the prejudices of the real world. In reality we experience first impressions depending on our ethnicity. In the movie Crash the example of the Mexican as a locksmith fixing a door for a white family, and the wife judges him based on his tattoos accusing him that he will sell her key to one of his gangbanger friends to break in her house. The truth is there is many Hispanics that work for their family to live a better life. The true values of someone can't be predicted based on their appearance and it is …show more content…
The scene of when he is on his way home from work he picks up a black man, and they have a friendly conversation. However, as the cop notices the black man with scrapes and ripped shirt he starts to think that he may be a threat to his life. The cop shoots the black male and tosses him like a piece of garbage. It played an irony of him being a good cop but in the later scene we find out he shoots based on stereotypes of the African American race.
In the end we learn that everyone is prejudiced that includes every race. We are responsible of our own actions, and we should stop judging others with the unfair stereotypes. Not every white person is racist, not every black person kills, not every Hispanic steal. The real issue of discrimination plays a major role of the reality of
In the movie crash we were taught the example of stereotyping based on appearance of a person. Everyone is created with good hearts, but unfortunately as we grow older we get to know the prejudices of the real world. In reality we experience first impressions depending on our ethnicity. In the movie Crash the example of the Mexican as a locksmith fixing a door for a white family, and the wife judges him based on his tattoos accusing him that he will sell her key to one of his gangbanger friends to break in her house. The truth is there is many Hispanics that work for their family to live a better life. The true values of someone can't be predicted based on their appearance and it is …show more content…
The scene of when he is on his way home from work he picks up a black man, and they have a friendly conversation. However, as the cop notices the black man with scrapes and ripped shirt he starts to think that he may be a threat to his life. The cop shoots the black male and tosses him like a piece of garbage. It played an irony of him being a good cop but in the later scene we find out he shoots based on stereotypes of the African American race.
In the end we learn that everyone is prejudiced that includes every race. We are responsible of our own actions, and we should stop judging others with the unfair stereotypes. Not every white person is racist, not every black person kills, not every Hispanic steal. The real issue of discrimination plays a major role of the reality of