Analysis Of Crash In The Movie

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This movie was exciting to watch. At first, I wasn’t sure if I was going to like it or not because it was an overload of racism for me. However, as it continued on, I started to get more engrossed. There were many “crashes” happening in the movie. The “crashes” refer to someone coming face to face with their own prejudice/ racist ways. I personally don’t remember having that many “crashes” in my life. I can say that 98% of my “crashes” happened here in Alabama. Surprising, seeing that I used to live in Utah and Japan. It could also seem that way because I was younger when I lived in predominantly white areas. So the incidents could’ve happened, I just wasn’t aware at that age. One incident, that I can actively recall, happened while I was It made me sad that the child was being taught to be disrespectful and racist. I continued to wait on them and didn’t say more than “yes sir” with a tight lipped smile. When they were finished eating the older man asked me if I agreed with what he had said earlier. I told him that his information was incorrect and that I did not agree with him. He started laughing and said, “What do you know anyway? You probably didn’t even finish high school.” I started smiling and I said, “You’re wrong again. I’m actually about to graduate with my Bachelor’s degree and then I’ll go on and graduate with my Masters. I also have a black friend that is 23 and is about to graduate with his PhD. I actually know a lot of intelligent black people. Have a nice day.” The older man sat there looking stunned and I turned and smiled at the boy and he smiled back and I walked For instance, in the beginning there is a minor car accident and an oriental woman claims that the reason they got in the accident is because the other driver is a Mexican woman. The Mexican woman tells the police officer on the scene to make sure that the report says that she was hit by an Asian woman. Another incident, a white couple is walking down the street and see two young black men up ahead walking in their direction. The white woman pulls her purse closer to her. The young men notice her actions and get upset. The black men pull out their guns and steal the white couple’s

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