Crash

The movie crash was  a great film that shows the implications of racism in today's society, even if it might sometimes go over the top with it. In class we discussed one part in particular that stood out to me: the part where the black lady is in the flipped over car and the cop who assaulted her is the only one who can save her. When that cop went in to save her, she reacted very strongly and i think that it showed that cop how much his actions could hurt people and how his blatant racism and actions were unfair, because in the end she is a person just like everyone else. The film also showed how much race plays a part in politics today, when white politicians are afraid to offend the black population because they may lose the black vote even if they are doing whats right. It also makes you wonder why Obama got elected, was it because of his skin color or because he was really qualified for the job? That's a discussion for another time. Crash was really an eye-opening movie to the world of racism and i noticed that even though i never thought i was racist, i had prejudice thoughts sometimes. And i know that i cant tel anyone to not be racist before i totally stop being racist myself.