1. A scene that made me uncomfortable in "Crash" is when Officer Tom Hansen shot Pete Waters. The reason why is because I would never thought that Tom would do something like that based off how he stood up for Cameron when he was about to get killed. But what the scene truly showed me was in the end Tom felt the same way as Jean did, he feared Black people. In my eyes Tom sticking up for Cameron was just returning a favor.
2. One character that I can relate to in this movie is Cameron because Cameron has to endure a lot of racism being in the position that he is in, in order to survive. Obviously Cameron is a Black man and because of this, people expect/stereotype that he is suppose to talk with a lots of slang. But because he doesn't
Eddie Stone
1. The scene that made me most uncomfortable was where the police officer "frisks" Cameron Thayer's wife. This scene disturbed me because it was wrong for so many reasons. The officer completely humiliates the couples race, their relationship, and the woman's sense of womanhood. It was so difficult to watch someone be sexually harassed in front of their own spouse, and the situation was impossible to deal with because he was an officer of the law.
2. I feel familiar to Cameron Thayer's character, because of some of the struggles he went through. I specifically relate to how the producer of Cameron's movie micromanages all of Cameron's work. In the arts industry, it's easy for powerful people to try and take over a creative person's work. In the jazz world, people talk about how someone can "sound black" on their instrument, which is something I don't understand. Everyone has their own voice, and I don't like when people define a musical voice under someones race.
3.
A. The movie handled race in a very genuine and honest way. It was interesting to see the realities of racism today that I sometimes forgot could exist. It's also interesting how the movie shows that racism doesn't always come from mean people, but from people who are ignorant and vulnerable. This movie truly made me realize where racism comes from, and that even when it's subtle it's still very prevalent in society.
B. The black waitress at the beginning of the movie serves Ludacris differently than the other white customers in the restaurant. Ludacris notices this and is annoyed that even black people are prejudiced towards each other at times.
C. Los Angeles has some of the most famous and successful people in the world, and yet it's also home to horrible slums. Both groups of people are in their own bubbles, and it makes them have skewed perceptions of each other. These huge divides between people are the basis for why racism is so prevalent, because the people cannot
Stephanie Erner
3a. I think that film handled race very well! Not only did it touch base of the bases of racism(white people being races), it also showed that other races can be racist to like black people against hispanics/latinos.
b. Yes. The scene where Ludacris talks about the waitress not serving them coffee because they were black and how she was serving all the white people in there first. Also the scene where Matt Dilion pulls over Cameron because he thought that he saw a white woman giving a black man a blow job. With this, some can say that he saw how pretty she was and just wanted to bully them. But he would have never thought that they would a black couple.
c. I think living in a city like Los Angeles affects the lifestyle of the citizens majorly because the city is very busy but also very famous so you only have the rich and the poor nothing in between. This makes life really hard for those who strive to be on top which can cause people to do a lot of things.
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