Prejudice And Racism Analysis

Aurora Franco
June 18th, 2015
Mrs. Stine
Period 6
Crash, Symbolic Interaction, and the theme of Racism
All through time, the globe has been racist and impatient of individuals completely different from themselves. An infinite amount of people have been subjected to suffering because of the intolerance of individuals that could not perceive amendment or variations among each other. Even now, once you are not aware, racism remains a substantial downside. However, it generally is not one person being racist against another, rather one person being racist against oneself. Crash shows a multitude of reasons of how racism against oneself, caused by worry and misunderstanding, is simply as malevolent and evil as racism against another person. Misunderstanding
However, he is much more insincere. Anthony perpetually complains of the those that follow stereotypes, yet follows certain stereotypes himself. He is aware of the fact that he is black, and believes that virtually everything within the world may just be a plot from white people to bring "the black man" down. Just like Farhad, Anthony tries to shield himself from the globe that he believes is against him. However, him believing that white people are out to get black people is a stereotype in itself; therefore, he is a cheat. There are numerous examples of Anthony being afraid of white people. He will not get on the bus because he believes that "white people put big ass windows on them to embarrass the people of color forced to ride it." He will not tip waitresses as a result of they "think black individuals do not tip." He refuses to listen to music like rap or pop, which was created as a standard by the black world, as he believes it is a way to for white people to take advantage of black people. What is confusing regarding Anthony's character is that while he hates the stereotype of black individuals being thugs and gangsters, he continues to steal cars from white people, and believes he is doing right for the black community. This is additionally odd as a result of the fact that he has morals against robbing from a black person, however he does not have morals against robbing a white person.
Individuals are often even as dangerous once they have a certain mindset, are racist and naïve against themselves as others act toward them. Individuals act in this manner out of worry of being “taken away.” They worry about it to the point that they overlook what is really happening and jump to conclusions. It is the reason that every one of these characters and their lives’ “crashed” into one another, and affected each other. If they were all understanding of themselves and everyone around them in the first place, they could have avoided the problems they had gotten