CRASH...Whoa

[LaurenK]

The reason that it had a large focus on race was because it was a movie about racism. Racism actually does happen everyday, and thats what I think the movie was trying to point out. There were characters who were not racist, but definately were affected by it [i.e. ryan philippes character] and character who were directly discriminated against. I think its a pretty good movie, but it was just marketted vaguely so people didnt really know what it was about.

I think I got the point that it was about Racism after I saw it. I didn't know anything about the movie, I was just along for the ride. We all know that their are a lot of people who are racist in this world, but what I was saying was that it was very altered in the way it was presented...I didn't like some of the stereotypes that were portrayed within the plot; some of it was "very" exaggerated. For instance at the beginning when Ludacris was saying: "see, look at that white woman, she see's us black men and gives off a vibe that she's scared because we look hard." Or something like that. Not everyone looks at situations that way, I don't...and I know most of my friends don't. Another instance, when Sandra Bullock was saying that "the spanish guy" was probably a gang member and going to go sell her key to his gang-banger friends. Not everyone reacts that way...Now, that I think about it, I just didn't like it. There was one part where country music was said to be about "hanging" the black race, and other racial propoganda...(I hate country Music), but if you turn on a "country" station, not one song is even mentioning race... or anything to do with such terrible things. None the less, it's my opinion...
Definition of a Racist: Believing "your" own race is superior to all other's.
Definition of a Bigit: Hating someone because they are of a particular race. A lot of people get these terms confused.