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The movie Crash was a very moving film. Perceptions are individual. What one person perceives is not necessarily the same as another. The characters all had experiences that connected them with one another. The experiences within their lives created assumptions of people; this prevents them from seeing the true person. The characters in this movie all had limited views about other racial backgrounds, ethnicities and socio-economic groups within their community. When circumstances within these lives push them to their limits, their assumptions about others are tested. Racism and racial profiling are strongly felt by these characters throughout the movie. When pushed to the limit the characters are forced to deal with things

Dr.Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, a comical satire of the cold war put a humorous twist on some of the then scary realities of the time. From the 1950’s up until about 1990 the U.S. was in a constant state of hostile tension with Russia as each threatened war towards the other with the possibility of nuclear force. It emphasises the themes of paranoia, mutually assured destruction, and stereotyping as a result of propaganda. Paranoia was prevalent during the cold war era. People were constantly terrified for their lives wondering if and when someone was going to make the first strike.

The movie Dope takes on some of the most controversial issues of this generation but with a surprisingly fresh and funny twist. Dope is a witty, coming-of-age type of movie about three teenagers growing up in one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in L.A. With style reminiscent of 90’s movies like Boyz in the Hood, and music from some of the biggest names in early hip-hop, “Dope” follows an 18 year old African American named Malcolm in his senior year of high school on what might be the biggest adventure of his life. Malcolm and his two best friends are nerds and somewhat sheltered despite growing up in such a dangerous neighborhood. Going into their senior year, they are basically clueless when it comes to drugs and gangs. Throughout the

The movie Crash, taking place in Los Angeles, is about a group of people’s stories about their race, culture, and lifestyle and how they are tested. There were many racial interactions in the movie which informed the viewers about stereotyping and why one shouldn’t do it. For example, there’s a mexican who fixed door locks. When he would work, he was under high supervision because his customers assumed he would steal because of his race. In reality, the mexican was a good, hard working father who cared deeply about his family.

Imagine this- you are poor, wear hair grease, and can’t afford nice clothes. Everyone you know, besides your closest friends, thinks that you are an evil criminal, but you in fact are are very kind person. How would you feel? The Outsiders by S.E Hinton addresses this problem head-on as you follow Ponyboy as he battles stereotypes against his friends and himself. The theme of this book is to never judge a book by it’s cover which is demonstrated through the two main groups: the Soc’s and the Greaser’s. It is also demonstrated through another character who is the group of Soc’s but is a spy for the Greasers, Cherry Valance.

John Hughes masterfully captures the shades of adolescent stereotypes and interactions, the culture clash between adolescents and adults, and the role that parents play in modeling the high school experience of each adolescent. The Breakfast Club follows five different teenagers throughout the course of a day as they are forced to endure detention on a Saturday. Each character symbolizes a classic adolescent prototype: the athlete, the basket case, the brain, the criminal, and the princess. At first, the adolescents separate themselves and make judgments and assumptions about each other based on the stereotype they each characterize. As the film develops, the characters start to move past these stereotypes to recognize they have

The movie Crash is about people with different types of background, ethnicity, religion and lifestyle. Everyone is different from the things they believe in to the color of their skin. But in the end everyone is human and they have their own story, they might have been raised in a bad environment or grew up being taught that. Throughout the movie, everyone had different types of stereotypes on other races, because they are black they are bad guys and crooks, or because they are hispanic they are gang members and they do illegal things, every perception put on the characters are perceptions that are set towards each race. Everyone in the story had played a role of being an accuser or a victim to racial discrimination, they have a chance to accuse someone for a certain prejudice and are accused by others. Some of the characters end up fitting the racial prejudice put on them, but others didn't. In the end some broke the stereotypes that were placed upon their race but some acted exactly how they were perceived as. Even though they did good deeds in the end, they still did things according to how others saw them as. In the end everyone is human and they make mistakes.

For many parents, it is in their nature to do everything in their ability to protect their children from the peril of the outside world. Most of these parents will go to extreme lengths to ensure that their children are equally and respectably. In the mid-1900`s, it was difficult for many Negro and mixed parents to raise their children with these standards as whites frequently viewed themselves as superior. At times, light-skinned Negros pass as white and raise their children as white. For instance, in the movie Lost Boundaries (1949), the light-skinned parents, Scott and Marcia Carter, raise their children, Shelley and Howie, as white so that the children will be able to reap the benefits of whiteness.

It was a night that you forget, the night sky was clear, the weather felt so wonderful. I got all doll up getting ready to hit the club. But before we go to the club we all did are usual per-game (Get drinks before we actual go). For instance we was walking around the store, my friend began taking about her love life to the world as she always did whenever we would go anywhere. When she began to tell her story. A strange man with look of discontented on his face. Replied “That’s why black women can’t get a man now. Y’all too busy having babies and being disobedient.” As if every woman in the world is.

After watching the movie Crash in class it was immediately added to the list of my favorite movies. I have always been a huge fan of mystery movies. When I say mysteries I don’t always mean murders or crime but those that don’t quite make complete sense until the end. Crash is that type of movie.

In the movie Parenthood, Garry Buckman is a withdrawn teenager from a family with no male influence. Throughout the movie the family tries to show positive behavior to have Garry become more open. Garry struggles with family acceptance being the only male in his house. His Father although he is a dentist with good means has no interest in being his life. Garry feels like the only thing he can do is to run away because no one understands him. Being a teenager he does not see how his mother could give any real advice since his body is changing and it does not match hers. Garry tries to reach out to a male role model but his father pushes him aside. He begins to vandalize and take his aggression out on other things. Garry not unlike other teenage

Previously, these two men had had a discussion on how one of them would never steal from another black person. Once they see who is driving the vehicle they try to walk back but the male driving the vehicle gets off and starts hitting one of them. Cops pass by and see the struggle and as the TV director and one of the men get in the truck the cops initiate a chase. When the black vehicle stops, the TV director gets off after being told multiple times to get off the vehicle and put a gun in his back. Instead of getting off calmly, he starts screaming at the officers and makes threatening comments towards them. One of the officers recognizes him and attempts to calm him down and tell him that if he continues his behavior he will get shot and will die. The cop makes an exception and convinces the other officers to let him go with a warning. Based on his experience that he had earlier with his ex partner the Officer felt compelled to help him and put his own life in danger to help him realize that not all officers are like his ex partner. I think police discretion was used in this part of the movie, only because the cops had every mean to arrest the TV director. For starters, he had a gun and kept walking towards the officers after being told to stop multiple times and he kept talking very rude to them and even made threats towards them. Not only did this officer risk his life, but also he could have risked his job because of what he asked of from the other

The melodramatic film Crash, directed by Paul Higgins, consists of multiple storylines that portray how such antagonistic people come to meet in the most unusual situations. The film shows how characters clash or crash into each other in the most unusual situations. This demonstrates to the audience from an outside perspective the unreasonable or stereotypical opinions formed on one another. As well as the outcome of these crashes and whether they are positive or negative outcomes. A crash that occurs in the film is a scene of Christine and Cameron where t A black SUV is reported stolen by two black men.

The Breakfast Club is a 1985 American movie written and directed by John Hughes. The movie focuses on five different teenagers, each of which fits a typical stereotype. Each teen is introduced individually, displaying the traits of their respective stereotypes. The audience is first introduced to Claire, the preppy, popular girl, referred to as “The Prom Queen” in the script. Next, the audience is introduced to Brian, the nerd, or geek, of the group. Following Brian, the audience is introduced to Andrew, the popular athlete, referred to as “The Jock” in the script. In the shortest introductions, the audience is given a small glimpse of John Bender, although at this time the stereotype he fits is not known, a short observation of the physical attributes and clothing style will reveal to the audience that John Bender fills the role of the rebel or delinquent. The final member of the group is introduced in a short fashion as well. Allison, steps out of a car, dressed in dark clothing, with dark hair and makeup, is the outcast, or introvert of the group. Each stereotype represented by the teens is predicated on the general idea of high school cliques and the categories they generally fall into.

Hidden Figures, an extraordinary film that shines light on women existence and their intelligence. The women, Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson, Dorothy Vaughan used the power of their intelligence to decipher complex math calculations, computer language to build rockets that other could not see. Throughout the movie racial descrepancies were vividly clear, but these eager women had something to stand for. They dared not let the words of bitterness deter them of their worth.