Race #2

This week in class, we watched 'Crash', a movie that confronts and shows how racist people can be. The whole movie, there are multiple racist actions inflicted on the charatcers. What's ironic is that even when one of the characters had a racist comment shot at them, they would still be racist to other people too. No one wants to be included a racist person, but ultimatly, everyone is a little racist, and this movie helped show that. Of course there were some people who were more racist than others, like the white cop and the white woman whos car was stolen. I try not to be a racist person, but because of the way I've been brought up and the society I've been living in my whole life, I can't help but have some racist thoughts. It goes to show how the society you grow up in can mold your mind into thinking certain things without you even realizing it. The one white cop in the movie, for example, who asked to switched partners tried not to be a racist person, and that was also the reason why he switched partners. But in the end, because of his preconcieved judgements about black people, he ended up killing the one black man because he thought he was going to pull a gun on him. So although he didn't want to be racist, he still was in a way. And that's how most people are in this world.