Crash-Movie Analysis Paper
Soc 205
Prof. Davy
September 8, 2013
The movie Crash released in 2004 directed and written by Paul Haggis is a chain of multiculturalism and racial stereotypes is told through a few interweaving vignettes. The stereotypes examined in this film are results of the negative images that the media constantly hassle the public on the daily. In the movie a Caucasian woman by the name of Jean who assumes that a Hispanic locksmith by the name of Daniel, will sell the keys and she’ll get robbed again due to the way Daniel dresses and his tattoos. Her misconception is very false but she is one of those who get her negative image on Hispanics through the way the media broadcast the culture. The media often portray Latino males as criminals and inked up gang bangers. As an individual that interacts with a number of different cultures, the media sometimes over exaggerated and myths creates stereotypes. Another stereotype example in the movie was that all people that practice Islam are Arabic, which is not true. In Crash, a Persian family’s store was vandalized do to their religious practices. The storeowner Dorri and her mother noticed the graffiti on the walls read “A-Rab.” The incident in the movie reminded me of my own experience when people have judged me base on my name and always asked me do I have any terrorist in my family. The media perpetuates stereotypes by constantly titling people of the Middle Eastern, all Arabic descents. The levels of racism conveyed by the media have swayed even people of color. The Persian storeowner used his own misconceptions of the Hispanic male and thought he was trying to trip him off. When the store was vandalized, he immediately associated the crime with Daniel. Majority of these stereotypical related misconceptions are triggered by the negative image the media exposes to the public. Another stereotypical incident that occurred in Crash is when the Caucasian police officers stopped an African American couple for being people
Prof. Davy
September 8, 2013
The movie Crash released in 2004 directed and written by Paul Haggis is a chain of multiculturalism and racial stereotypes is told through a few interweaving vignettes. The stereotypes examined in this film are results of the negative images that the media constantly hassle the public on the daily. In the movie a Caucasian woman by the name of Jean who assumes that a Hispanic locksmith by the name of Daniel, will sell the keys and she’ll get robbed again due to the way Daniel dresses and his tattoos. Her misconception is very false but she is one of those who get her negative image on Hispanics through the way the media broadcast the culture. The media often portray Latino males as criminals and inked up gang bangers. As an individual that interacts with a number of different cultures, the media sometimes over exaggerated and myths creates stereotypes. Another stereotype example in the movie was that all people that practice Islam are Arabic, which is not true. In Crash, a Persian family’s store was vandalized do to their religious practices. The storeowner Dorri and her mother noticed the graffiti on the walls read “A-Rab.” The incident in the movie reminded me of my own experience when people have judged me base on my name and always asked me do I have any terrorist in my family. The media perpetuates stereotypes by constantly titling people of the Middle Eastern, all Arabic descents. The levels of racism conveyed by the media have swayed even people of color. The Persian storeowner used his own misconceptions of the Hispanic male and thought he was trying to trip him off. When the store was vandalized, he immediately associated the crime with Daniel. Majority of these stereotypical related misconceptions are triggered by the negative image the media exposes to the public. Another stereotypical incident that occurred in Crash is when the Caucasian police officers stopped an African American couple for being people