Prejudice And Racism Exposed In The Film Crash

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I believe this critique does have value in the arguments it is presenting. Crash does not spend much time directly addressing the conditions that cause racism to take root within people, but it does certainly hint at it or circles around it in ways that could be familiar for an audience member. For instance, Officer Ryan’s racism seems to be rooted in his father’s business failure in the perceived blame of affirmative action. He told Shanique that she only got her position in work, despite more “qualified white men” who deserved her place, because of the help she received from affirmative action. Officer Ryan’s racist actions and words are echoed by other less well off, white men, who believe their economic struggles are because of people
Many of us cited our disbelief over the sheer tragedy of the events that took place in the movie. A reversion towards intolerant actions can bring attention if we commit these actions in our own lives. I believe many people walked away from this movie with a contemplative attitude, which opens the possibility of future discussions. If the intolerant are to become tolerant, they must first address and discuss the issue of discrimination. With the hard conversations Crash invoked, hope bloomed because of the possibility of individuals progressing past their narrow thinking and towards a more inclusive
Officer Ryan is presented as a stereotypical, racist police officer, who profiles and subjects African Americans in his line of business. He demonstrates resentment of social programs promoting the advancement of people of color because of how affirmative action put his father out of business and puts, in his eyes, less qualified people in certain positions even though there are more qualified white men who were rejected that position. Officer Ryan fulfills his stereotype by pulling over a car driven by a black man and subjecting the black couple to degrading full body searches, even molesting the wife, with all intent to harm to the couple based on the color of their skin. As it can be implied from this scene, Officer Ryan actively seeks to discriminate against the people, in his own mind, who put his father out of work, and other scenes allude to his blatantly racist actions during his time at the force. But despite all this, Officer Ryan saves Christine, the woman he molested during his unjustified body search, from a car which was about to catch ablaze. Now, arguments exist that Officer Ryan only saved her because it was he job, and he had no way of knowing who he was saving before he reached the car. And I would agree that would be a fair assessment of Officer Ryan. But the treatment he provided Christine while pulling her out of the care causes me to think Officer Ryan at the very least acknowledge his wrongdoing