The Movie "Crash" -How It Kills Diversity

Whom do I most relate to in Crash? The question has the same prejudice as the movie. The movie implies that everyone is racist (or at least have some stereotypical pictures of other cultures), which creates problems in dealing with those from these other cultures. Therefore, since if everyone is racist, I must also be racist and be able to identify with one of the characters. Crash kills diversity since without diversity, there would be nothing to be prejudiced against. It’s hard for me to pick a character with whom I relate. I understand Tommy in his disgust with his police partner and his unwillingness or inability to confront his partner’s racist behavior. However, Tommy enters a different world than I when he overreacts to the comments of the black hitchhiker.

While it may be true that everyone stereotypes other cultures and nationalities, it does not follow that this leads to racism. Cultures and nationalities are, by definition, different from each other. These differences may be oversimplified and become stereotypes. However, these stereotypes are not by necessity false or harmful. Often they help us organize and cope with the variety around us. Especially in America, which has no national cultural group and consists of the mingling of various cultures and nationalities, when compounded with an absence of any vertical authority standard, it is difficult for anyone to have order to his or her thoughts without some stereotyping.

I believe that Italians cook the best Italian food; Chinese make the best Chinese food; Latino women have great passion; the English are reserved and understate everything; Jews have great learning and material success records, etc. Yes these are stereotypes but none lead me to racism. Yes, I show bias. I don’t want the cooks in an Italian restaurant to be Chinese or British; I don’t expect a German to be passionate and I definitely would never seek an Italian to help me explain good government. Yes, I am exaggerating a