Examples Of Racism In The Movie Crash
The film, ’Crash’, is about how Paul Haggis forces us to see other people's perspective through racially prejudiced actions. Racism is the belief of different cultures, this is usually to do with one person who thinks their own race is superior and have the right to dominate or to rule others. Historical racism is where there were no rules when discriminating other peoples races and had no consequences for their actions, most of the time the outcome comes to physical abuse and even death. Modern racism is like historical racism but does not resort into physical attacks because there is the change in racial abuse in society and people are trying to promote the good.
In the film, ‘Crash’, Paul Haggis forces us to see other people's perspective of their racially prejudiced actions. Paul Haggis has …show more content…
Why did they change? Officer John Ryan at the start of the film rang up Shaniqua to ask for insurance for his Dad medical problems. The first time Officer John sees Shaniqua for the first time her face lights up like a christmas, in her mind she is going to promote the idea of racism to show supremacy. As Shaniqua is introducing herself she exaggerates her name to know that John has said racist words over the phone. The smile on Shaniqua’s face of vengeance was evident for all to see. Officer John tries to make up ground and says, “Yeah, I’m really sorry and I want to apologize for that crack, I haven’t been sleeping a lot.” It is easy to see John is blaming his racism on a lack of sleep because he needs an excuse in order to get the insurance for his father. Paul shows Shaniqua’s point of view is from the angle that she doesn't care too much about John or his need for insurance due to the way he has abused her over the telephone. Paul then shows Officer John Ryan Point of view is shown through guilt and remorse about his anger at the time that he abused
In the film, ‘Crash’, Paul Haggis forces us to see other people's perspective of their racially prejudiced actions. Paul Haggis has …show more content…
Why did they change? Officer John Ryan at the start of the film rang up Shaniqua to ask for insurance for his Dad medical problems. The first time Officer John sees Shaniqua for the first time her face lights up like a christmas, in her mind she is going to promote the idea of racism to show supremacy. As Shaniqua is introducing herself she exaggerates her name to know that John has said racist words over the phone. The smile on Shaniqua’s face of vengeance was evident for all to see. Officer John tries to make up ground and says, “Yeah, I’m really sorry and I want to apologize for that crack, I haven’t been sleeping a lot.” It is easy to see John is blaming his racism on a lack of sleep because he needs an excuse in order to get the insurance for his father. Paul shows Shaniqua’s point of view is from the angle that she doesn't care too much about John or his need for insurance due to the way he has abused her over the telephone. Paul then shows Officer John Ryan Point of view is shown through guilt and remorse about his anger at the time that he abused