Examples Of Ethnic Hierarchy In The Movie Crash

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The dominance and prominence of superior group or a culture that deems other as minorities plays a major role in diversifying the human society. The main ethnic difference between groups in the society has been the problem of racism. Ethnic hierarchy is clearly represented in the movie “Crash” and the essay “From Rez Life: An
Indians Journey Through Reservation Life”. The movie “Crash” by director and producer Paul Haggis is a very direct approach to ethnic relation in today world, especially in America. The movie showcases life’s of ethnically different people being affected by diversified views on color, gender, and race. The story is interrelated within which each ethnic diversified people come across each other in one way or another, not
The first model of ethnic relation in, "Models of American Ethnic Relations:A
Historical Perspective," by George M. Frederickson is the ethnic hierarchy. Ethnic hierarchy is very apparent in the movie “Crash” and the essay “From Rez Life: An
Indians Journey Through Reservation Life”. In the movie “Crash” ethnic hierarchy can be seen when Matt Dillon a cop pulls over a black couple who were performing fellatio while driving. The couple were Hollywood actors Terrance Howard and Thandie
Newton, the cop tells them to exit the car and starts searching them for potential weapons, in doing so Matt Dillon molests Thandie Newton in front of her husband and
Terrance Howard does nothing but stare. This shows that the dominance of Caucasian cop over black people. In the essay, ethnic hierarchy can be seen when David Treuer tells us about the passing of Dawes Act and how it drastically endangered the Native Tribes because the white supremacy government wanted to sell their native lands to outer people. Ethnic Hierarchy relation between the two topics is very visible, the dominant group controls their territory.
The second model of ethnic relation is the one-way assimilation model.
Many people immigrants who come to America try to learn the new custom, language, and lifestyle in order interact with people and try to relate to them.

The third model of ethnic relation is cultural pluralism. This model can be seen in the movie “Crash” when an African American Detective Don Cheadle and his Spanish partner Jennifer Esposito fall in love putting aside all their cultural and racial identities.
Love brings different cultures, ethnicities together putting aside differences. This model can also be seen in David Treuer’s essay in two ways, first the Native Indians are adopting the American culture and language by not looking at the differences between them. As Treuer states “We stubbornly continue to exist. There were just 200,000 Native
Americans alive at the dawn of the twentieth century; as of the 2000 census, we number more than 2 million” the Native Indians have not only adopted the lifestyle of Americans but they also live among them. Secondly Treuer describes the Waadookodaading Ojibwe
Language Immersion School at Lac Courte Reservation in Wisconsin where Native
American children learn their native language as well as study science and

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