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The “Crash” movie promotes racial awareness, but like any conversation about race, it demands close inspection. “Crash” is clearly apparent one-way assimilation, which had goal to equality but reject by the Indians, blacks, Asians, Mexican-Americans, & even many white ethnics because it was based on an ethnocentric ideal of cultural homogeneity. We see a variety of African
American men and women, several Hispanic characters, a Persian family, and several Asians. A scene will switch to another only because the initial characters’ story line is intersecting with that of the next. Most of the characters are provided life circumstances to help us see where they are coming from. The circumstances include Officer Ryan’s sick father, Jean Cabot’s depression, and
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In daily life, we always can see at least one person who shows off her racism toward others. White people somehow represents racism to black people; Black people somehow express stigma to Asians, and that is more circumstances you can see usual if you observe people around you. Otherwise, we can obsoletely see the difference between “From
Rez Life: An Indian’s Journey Through Reservation Life” and “Crash” movie, that should be said they have diverse ethnic model. Haggis who is director of “Crash” movie, trying to recreate the discord between ethnic groups most practical way. Demonstrating the implications, effects of

racial discrimination. Since then makes us empathize with each character in their own story. As for the “Rez Life: An Indian’s Journey Through Reservation Life” is shown to us that the culture of one ethnic group – Native American. Even though they were losing population due to community integration, and interracial issues, they still try to keep their identity cultural race. So as not to be forgotten in the past. The people in the book “Rez Life: An Indian’s Journey Through
Reservation Life” has shown clearly the nationalistic spirit that we must learn from

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