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    James Perry Argument and Research Crash February 11‚ 2011 Racial profiling remains a topic that is still being debated on today especially since the terrorist attacks of September 11‚ 2001. The events of that day sparked a new way to look at others that do not look like exactly like us. Since the effects of that day‚ airports have been in the midst of racial profiling discussions‚ but these are not the only places that this can happen. In the movie Crash (2004)‚ a Persian-American man has

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    12‚ 2013 Crash: A Sociological Media Review In the movieCrash‚ the sociological topic of race is the main component of the movie. Paul Haggis uses racial controversy and discrimination throughout‚ with the intent to display the social problems in our society. Nearly every comment said by each character carries some form of racial intent. Whether it is from the supposed good guys‚ the Los Angeles Police Officers‚ to the habitual criminals‚ each character delivers some form of racial stereotype

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    Crash is the story of racial tension among different people and how their lives are effected and intertwined through each other’s action. This movie is about how society influences and shapes people actions therefore shaping their interactions. We shift perspective between the various characters and see how their lives are effected differently by aspects of society and how their action ultimately effect each other and society as a whole. The story starts off with a Asian woman arguing with the

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    In the movieCrash” there are many examples of profiling throughout the film. Racial profiling is defined as the use of race or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting someone of having committed an offense. Its very important during the film not only including African American but as well as Hispanic‚ Persian‚ and American culture. In the film there is this Persian family who owned a store and the father went to buy a gun with his daughter for there protection at the store. The father didn’t know

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    The movie Crash‚ created by Paul Haggis‚ incorporates the many struggles faced by today ’s racial stereotypes‚ into a collage of various interconnected‚ cultural dilemmas encountered by the film ’s multi-ethnic cast. Most people are born with good hearts‚ but as they grow up they learn prejudices. “Crash” is a movie that brings out bigotry and racial stereotypes. The movie is set in Los Angeles‚ a city with a cultural mix of every nationality. The story begins when several people are involved in

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    Movie: Crash Crash is a 2004 drama film directed by Paul Haggis. It shows the racial and social issues in America. The movie uses Los Angeles‚ California as the setting. The movie was a big success in box office and won many awards including three academy awards. The movie features a long list of stars like Matt Dillon‚ Don Cheadle‚ Sandra Bullock‚ Brandon Fraser and so on. Race is a word that is very common in our society in the past and present. We live in a multi-racial country with

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    The Movie Crash is about racial in social division. These factors are what prevents the characters communication effetely. For example‚ Terrance Howard and Thandie Newton where pull over because they where driving a high profile vehicle at night and because they where African American people. The fact that they are were from different backgrounds in had different lifestyles obtusely affected how they communicated. For example‚ Ludacris and Larenz Tate lived in a more poverty stricken neighborhood

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    Crash The most powerful scene in this movie is when the Indian man shows up at the end the Spanish mans house still upset his store getting robbed and blaming him for it. The Indian man has a fully loaded revolver. When the Spanish man get out of his work truck‚ the Indian man walks up and pulls out his gun asking him where his money was. The Spanish man not knowing what he was talking about he went in his pocket and told him he could have the fifty dollars that he had. At the same time all this

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    is more an emotion driven act than a critical‚ objective exercise. Crash is one of the few English movies‚ out of the tons I’ve watched this year‚ that really touched an emotional chord. CRASH- ’’Moving at the speed of life‚ we are bound to collide with each other.’’…This is the tagline for the movie. This movie is set in Los Angeles and explores tense racial relations amongst the various communities that exist in LA. Crash is an ensemble piece in which the stories of different characters intersect

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    CRASH People are born with good hearts‚ but they grow up and learn prejudices. "Crash" is a movie that brings out bigotry and racial stereotypes. The movie is set in Los Angeles‚ a city with a cultural mix of every nationality. And throughout the movie‚ we see how people from different nations have to interact with each other and how these prejudice affect their life‚ usually in bad way‚ in deep and unnecessary way. The movie has lot of main characters from different

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