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Reflections on Crash

In Paul Haggis' (2004) film "Crash," it appears that, a decade after Rodney King, people in Los Angeles still cannot get along. The film offers the interconnected stories of whites, blacks, Latinos, Koreans, cops and criminals, rich and poor, and the powerful and powerless. All of these individuals are in some manner or another connected through racism. Everyone is guilty of racism and everyone is at the same time some form of victim of it. Based on coincidence, fate, or luck, the lives of the characters in the film continue to collide. The main point of the film seems to be that a majority of people feel prejudice toward those who are considered "outside" their group. This occurs in all groups at all levels, whether educated and wealthy or uneducated and poor. As a white TV producer tells a black director about a black character, "doesn't sound black enough" (Haggis 2004). However, in portraying the impact and consequence of racism on all groups of people, the film appeals to individuals to develop a little more sympathy for people who are different. In many instances in the film, it is exposed how people leap to conclusions or make assumptions based on race, something we all do even if we believe we are free of prejudice. While some individuals die because of racism, those whose lives it touches and survive become better off because they learn to have a bit more sympathy for those who are different and a bit more understanding that we all have a tendency to feel prejudice against those who are different than us.

Haggis, Paul, (Director). "Crash," (Film. USA: 2004.

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