Crash Movie Crash -- a Essay

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If this is true, than how is institutionalized white racism blameworthy at all, if all groups feel hatred of what is foreign or different? The constant ironic juxtaposition of different racist scenes of different ethnic groups further undercuts the film's condemnation of police violence, given that Ryan's anger seems to be an expression of something that is bubbling within the hearts of everyone -- black, white, brown, and 'other.'

Furthermore, it is Officer Hanson, Ryan's partner, is the 'white knight' of the film, not his black supervisor, and even he reacts with culturally ingrained racism and shoots an African-American man, as a result of his training. If Hansen cannot be trusted, one might ask, who can? The most forceful critiques of racist society are those articulated by young black men, who at first seem quite articulate, but then are shown to validate the prejudices they condemn.

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This seems like a joke on the presumably white, tolerant viewer. The film encourages people to tolerate difference to a greater degree but without challenging the American culture of racism.

It is not so simple, in other words, that 'everyone' is prejudiced -- the prejudice of certain individuals, because of our cultural history and institutional organizations of power, has a greater material effect. The Oscar-winning best picture thus presents easy solutions to difficult racial problems. In essence, the movie tells white liberals what it wants to hear, or at very least, what it would rather hear than the truth. The truth is that eradicating racism will require deep social sacrifices for whites, not merely creating positive personal bridges of tolerance and a greater understanding of 'the other.'.....

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