CRASH!!!

1. The cop (Matt Dillon) showed racism because at first he sides with the whites and always thinks that they are right. When he pulls over the two African Americans and goes right to assume the worst and checks the woman for any weapons and etc he goes and feels her up before he lets them go. Another example of when he uses racism is his thought process. Another person that is somewhat racist is the owner of the store. When his store got destroyed he protects himself by buying a gun. When purchasing it he experiences racism. When he hires someone to fix the lock and the person says that he needs to fix the door and then the man gets mad and assumes the worst. Then the next day he wakes up and he stores is all destroyed he assumes it was the man that was supposed to fix the lock. While being racist he was assuming that the guy did it just because he was Latino. Comparing the two the cop was always racist non stop practically no matter what. The store owner only seemed to be racist when the situation got bad like when the situation gets bad. For example he went ahead and hired an Latino to fix the lock but once things weren't going so great he started to be more racist.

2. One stereotype was that black people don't tip (in restaurants). When the two African Americans were at the restaurant and the waiters knew/assumed this. It made them feel bad because just based on the color of their skin they aren't going to tip. There could be people of any skin color that would tip and exact opposite. Another stereotype is (being a) cheater. When the Latino fixed the lock and then tells the owner that he fixed the lock but he needs a new door, the owner assumes that the Latino can fix it when he can't bc its not his occupation. This makes the Latino feel horrible and he, the store owner, gets really angry for getting called a cheater just for trying to help.

3. "You embarrass me; you embarrass yourself". By saying this quote the man got embarrassed the other man should of felt bad for him and himself, being African American, should of been embarrassed as well. When he was sitting in the car and Terrence go out and went to talk to the police, Ludacris was embarrassing himself bc he (Terrence) was getting all the blame when it should have been split between them or given to him.

4. Stereotypes are all over. The most likely come from people assuming that a group of people all with a similar trait all do/have the same/similar features. For example the stereotype from the movie is that white people cling on to something when scared. This probably started when a couple of African Americans saw ONE American grasp onto their partner when scared.

5. Personally I believe that racism is NOT natural. I think it is a personal decision and you can control it. If people can get along with different backgrounds then people wouldn't have to worry bout what others think/say. If you control yourself/bite your tongue/lip then you wouldn't have a problem/wouldn't be racist.

6. Race is learned through the people and interactions you grow up/know. When people ask the question bout skin color and they have to explain. People get messages from the people who they are most comfortable around....like family and friends. You also get different racial messages from the media based on what you watch.

7. I think its possible to control/limit the use of racism but I don't think it is possible to end it. If people are stubborn and stuck in their ways then it won't get better/change.