Crash

In class we watched the movie Crash which is about racism and stereotypes. In one of the scenes in the movie a White couple are walking to there car and the wife sees two black guys down the side walk and holds her husband closer to her. She did this because she was scared of two black guys, which is racism. Because she felt threatened by seeing two black guys at night, she got closer to her husband because she was scared. She is assuming that when you see black people they are going to try to rob you or hurt you which is stereotyping black people. But was she right the two black guys then stole the white couples car at gunpoint. I too stereotype, for example if im at a mall or some where and I see a group of black kids i usually stay clear of them. Its because when i read the news usually when there is a shooting or something black people are usually involved. I stereotype just like the Woman in the movie.