Blog 12

Race is a very interesting concept. For one, we learned that racism is not a term. It is a trait that people identify as race because of the 1800s. The movie, Crash, was the perfect model of racism, or traitism. Although, in my opinion it is somewhat extreme racism, there is some truth to the movie. People do take a lot of stereotypes to heart when the view minorities. Many times, the first thoughts are stereotypical. People do not judge based on personality. In the movie, every person was racist. The white detective was racist to the black upper middle class couple. At the same time, the Persian man was racist to the Latino man. Ludacris was a changed man, but he was portrayed as the stereotypical gang member who stole (which he did) but then he changed. People, I believe to a degree, are racist to a degree. But, it is how that they deal with it that shows their true potential as a human being.