Which racial incident in the film do you feel may be impactful to what is recent events occurring in our society today? Explain.

Which racial incident in the film do you feel may be impactful to what is recent events occurring in our society today? Explain.

Social Psychology Assignment: MOVIE: CRASH, Discussion Questions and Reflection Paper

  1. Which racial incident in the film do you feel may be impactful to what is recent events
    occurring in our society today? Explain.
  2. What examples of racism can you find in the film that are used to advance a political
    agenda?
  3. Is any character fully redeemed of his or her racism through actions that he takes in the
    storyline?
  4. What do you make of the relationship between Detective Waters and his mother?
  5. Is there any major character in this film who isn’t prejudiced in some way?
  6. Crash contains several examples of “profiling.” Research information about how
    profiling comes into play in social interactions. Write a short essay response in which you
    show how profiling is a central problem in Crash. Give examples from the film and be sure
    to include groups other than African Americans in your choices. Conclude your essay with
    suggestions about how to mitigate the problems associated with profiling.
  7. Write a personal narrative about an experience that centered on prejudice either in your
    town or your school that was especially ironic in the outcome. Look carefully to what may
    have been intended by the participants in the event and what resulted.
     For example, on the first day in a new class, you may have sought to find a seat far
    away from a fellow student who appeared Middle Eastern or Goth or Gay and then
    later became good friends with the individual.
     You may have avoided a particular restaurant in your community because of the
    clientele and then later discovered its charms.
    7a. Show in your narrative what you learned as you indicate the irony of expectation and
    outcome.

Social Psychology Assignment: MOVIE: CRASH, Discussion Questions and Reflection Paper

  1. Discuss how racism played a role in any of the incidents, such as the off-duty police
    officer who shot the young black man in his car.
  2. Which character in the film best illustrates through action or dialogue the problem of
    Double Consciousness?

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