Crash
The 2004 film, Crash explores the complex issues of racism among the many cultures living in Los Angeles. In this movie, every character is profoundly affected by prejudice and not one comes out unscathed. Throughout the movie, these lives are brought together through car accidents, crime, and serendipity -- with each character ending up startlingly changed from who they were just 2 days ago at the story’s start. Hypocrisy, the pretense of having virtuous character that one does not really possess, is a recurring theme throughout this movie. For instance, a rookie detective feels he is not racist and therefore superior to his bigoted partner. By the end of the movie, though, he shoots ...
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and to show that change can be made.
When first introduced in the film, Anthony and his friend, Peter, are two young black men coming out of a restaurant in a nicer part of town. Anthony is complaining about having to wait so long for his meal to arrive. He asks Peter, “You see any white people in there waiting an hour and thirty-two minutes for a plate of spaghetti?”. Anthony further points out that while the waitress offered surrounding customers coffee, she didn’t offer any to Anthony or Peter, presumably because they are black. Peter is the voice of reason, reminding Anthony that neither of them wanted coffee and that the waitress was also black. Anthony will not let it go. He responds, “That waitress sized us up in two seconds. We’re black and ‘black people don’t tip’ so she wasn’t gonna waste her time.” Peter asks, “So how much did you leave her?” Anthony replies, “you expect me to pay for that kind of service?” Anthony is incensed over this perceived racial ...
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Bobby Seale, Eldridge Cleaver, Fred Hampton. He asserts that the FBI came up with the idea to “give these niggers all this music by a bunch of mumbling idiots, so that pretty soon nobody will be able to understand a fucking word they say. End of problem.” The conversation is interrupted when something hits the car. They screech to a stop. At first, they don’t know what hit them. Then, Peter exclaims, “Holy shit! We done run over a Chinaman!” Anthony tells Peter to get back in the car so they can drive away. Peter convinces Anthony that the “Chinaman” is stuck and needs to be pulled out. They pull him out, put him in the car, then coldly dump his injured body in front of the ...
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