Race (Crash)

This week we watched Crash. In my opinion, this movie did a great job depicting racism. Even though we have civil rights so that everyone is equal, there is still racism today. In one of the scenes where one character is buying a gun with her dad, the owner of the store accuses them of being a terrorist race.

 We have made it so that those who look Middle-Eastern are terrorists and bad people. There were references to the twin towers and planes. These people were not Arabs, but Persians but that didn't matter to the clerk because he thinks they're are all the same. There are people who were born in America and maybe their parents were born in America as well, but if they have the physical features of a certain type of group, then they are that group. Everything is down to physical features. I liked how this movie did a great job showing the kinds of racism there is today. It's surprising how people are so quick to judge people and foreigners, but don't like to be judged themselves. I have made judgements before about people, but I also hate being judged when they don't even know me. It's like a taste of your own medicine. If you know how it feels to be judged by others, then judging other people isn't exactly going to make you feel so great. You have to stop yourself from judging although it's really hard. Racism isn't going to really end because there'll always be that one person who hates another race. This is part of us, but we should keep it ourself because once you insult someone, they'll feel they have protect themselves from you. And that could lead to chaos. We talk all nasty stereotypes, but that'll offend someone in the end.