Crash (The Film)

The movie Crash was a great commentary on racism and life in the United States, specifically Los Angeles.  I think that it really brought light to the fact that racism is not gone, and it may be even more commonplace than we think.  Much of the brutality of racism is gone, but some still remains – as we see with the cops.  But what we still have is the other remnants – the stereotyping, the slurs, and in some of us, the hatred.  In Durango, sometimes we don’t realize that there are still many people out there who still hate other races just because they are from a different country, their have a different skin color, or they dislike that person’s stereotype.  The strangest thing that I saw in this movie was when the two carjackers were talking about racism, and how they feel that whites are racists and are always judging them.  But it made me realize that in judging us to be racists, they are being racist to us.  Then we feel that animosity, and are racist right back, so it’s this never-ending cycle that we can’t seem to get out of.  As for if it could ever end, I think it could, but it is doubtful because of the way that we keep perpetuating the process.  I think that over time, it will slowly eliminate itself, but truly getting rid of it seems highly improbable.