Diversity

-1This acclaimed movie which highlights the racial stereotypes that exist in America was a classic example portraying how everyone without much thought has some sort of prejudgment in the way they treat others of different races. This paper will examine my reactions to this classic movie and explain how it represented the diverse culture we have in contemporary America. I have seen Crash many times and have always been amazed at the realness of the subject matter and great example of the melting pot of cultures of the country we live in. As I watched the movie in class, I was able to relate to the characters more closely because what I saw on film is matched very closely at my workplace. I agree with many of the portrayals of the stereotype that were shown as I feel I have been affected by them. The movie producer’s efforts in showing the different cultures and the way they co-exist are very believable.

In all of these the core problems are stereotypes, racism, discrimination, and prejudices from different types of people. This movie did a great job of showing what goes on in real societies. There were multiple races shown as minorities and being treated wrong. Prejudices are defined as, “An unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason.” racism is “the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races.” stereotypes are “A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing: "sexual and racial stereotypes".All three of these are heavily shown in Crash. It is unfortunate that these things happen to people, but it is important to know they do happen and to educate people and help elimenate them.

One of the scenes that stood out to me was when the black detective Graham Waters told his Latina girl friend that she was Mexican. She went on to tell