Stereotyping In The Movie Crash

Stereotype is everywhere! It’s on the television, the news, the movies, out on the streets, in the work places, in the schools, it’s even in your home. So what is this stereotype then? According to Encyclopedia Britannica, stereotype is define as “any theory or doctrine indicating that that actions of an individual reflect on his or her whole culture, sex, age, race, class, or nationality” (“Stereotype”). To put it plainly, stereotyping is a tool that we use to label people. Stereotyping takes away the identity of the individual and replace it with a generalize characteristic that are often negative and demeaning. It would be a perfect world if no one stereotype, but we don’t live in a perfect world and here is where our problems lie. Stereotype is not just wrong, but it robs people of their right to be individuals. The movie Crash is a great showcase of the stereotype and prejudice seen in everyday life. Throughout the movie, stereotyping and
They violate the rights of individuals by forming perceptions about people based solely on their membership in a particular group. Consequently, they failed to judge people based on their merits and individual traits but on generalized notion derived from popular culture. Some would think that stereotyping is a subconscious or instinctive action from within, and that may be considered true, only to a certain degree however. There is a fine distinction between innate behaviors opposed to conditioned behaviors. Instinct is an innate behavior which is part of our natural intuition from the point of which we are born. Stereotyping would not come as an automatic reflex action in any situation, thus it can be said that it is not an instinctive behavior. It is an action which is learned and conditioned through periods of time, just as racism, sexism, and ethnocentrism,