Her belief becomes real in the next few minutes when two other black men carjack them. Another example from the movie is Cultural based theories of prejudice. The character Farhad believes that since he is Persian he is being persecuted against and cheated, because he believes that everyone who is middle-eastern is not welcome in America especially after the events of 9/11. When he was in the gun shop, and the owner of the gun shop was rude to him, he becomes angry and makes a scene, based on the listed beliefs and fears that he has. Another example is when Farhad calls for a locksmith to fix his shop door.
Upon hearing the father/daughter pair speak Farsi to one another, the shop owner’s prejudice is made known through his use of racial profiling to come to the conclusion the father is a terrorist. The store owner’s prejudice then leads to discrimination as he demands the Iranian man leave his store, solely due to his ethnic group. In this scene, the shop owner’s deviant behavior violated the social norm and the rights of the Iranian customer. Anthony and Peter, two black males, are walking down the street
When they notice each other they just mock about till Abram says: “Will bite my thumb at them...” which is disgrace to the Capulets. The fight breaks out when Benvolio, Romeo’s cousin hurries out of the toilet, draws his gun out and shouts: “Put up your swords!” The Montagues look scared, hesitating what to do, don’t really want to fight. Then Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt, Prince of Cats escalates the violence. He seems very confident, ready to fight and don’t want to let the enemy get away. They start shooting; Montagues trying to flee, firing their guns at anything like cans, signs but people.
He also brings up about how civil right leaders have the right to bash these black celebrities that are putting down their own race. They fought so hard to be free and have the same rights as a white person so he is confused on why they would bash their own race. He should have added more statistics and maybe where he got his facts. He says the homicide is on the rise for black woman and rape is often found with black girls primarily. Where did he get those statistics?
Dominique Ramirez 2/8/2013 Period 2nd Crash Essay “You embarrass me, you embarrass yourself.” Cameron Thayer commented to Anthony after Anthony try to hijack him for his truck and got him pulled over by the cops and embarrassed him. What Cameron Thayer means by the quote is that Anthony actions make people look at African Americans as criminals and gangbangers and he can change that by making good decisions. . Anthony illegal activities cause people to judge the entire black race especially black men. Cameron is trying to get through to Anthony that his actions reflects on what people think of him and he can change that by making the right decisions.
While black people struggle, the media constantly portrays them as animalistic brutes. In turn, it reinforces the stereotype in the minds of white people, which in turn feeds their fear and contempt of black people, particularly black men. Fear is a powerful motivator and white people justify segregation as the only way to protect white society from the “animalistic brutes.” Bigger is well aware of the instant judgments white people make when they see a black man. For example, when Bigger goes to the Dalton’s house, he thinks, “Suppose a police officer saw him wandering in a white neighborhood like this? It would be thought that he was trying to rob or rape somebody,” (44).
In the movie, Crash, it displays the common stereotypes of different races and misinterpretations of race confusing one with another unknowing the differences. The movie start off as two black males whom are walking out of a café and one is complaining unequal service towards them being that their black while the other one is rational towards the events. As walking down the street he is still talking about it and sees a woman whom grabs a hold of her husband’s arm in sight of them as in a common stereo type of black men whom steal and rob. He explains that the white people shouldn’t be afraid of them and that they are the ones who should be afraid being in a predominately white location. When the couple get in the car the lady’s suspicions are correct in which they carjacked at gunpoint by the two men whom were walking down the street.
When Richard and Harrison agree to fight themselves for money they end up humiliating themselves. For the two men are unable to fake a fight and are thus forced to actually injure one another due in part to the fear that the white viewers invoke on them. This fight in the end deeply ashamed Richard for it got him to realize that violence infects the black community in general, whether from within or from the white community’s imposed violence. When Richard grows up he moves to Chicago and joins the Communist movement. However he learns quickly that the police beat protesting Communists and Richard is forced to move from one outcast group to another, never truly escaping reality.
“"Are more young people or are more Black people caught because they steal more? Or because they are watched more?" asks Read Hayes, of Loss Prevention Specialists.” (Mc Coy 1998) many cases blacks are watched because they are put in this stereotype and is un true. I have been accused of shoplifting it is very humiliating and once I proved that I put the item back where it belong I made sure that, that individual who accused me was in hot water because it is not right to be wrongly
Mr. Gilmer, the prosecutor, used Tom’s race and physical strength to imply that Tom was just another stereotypical black man who targeted a fair skinned female. Mr. Gilmer hinted that because Tom was strong and coloured, Tom would rape and beat a white woman. Not only was Tom discriminated against on the stand, but after Tom was sent to the slammer, Tom was killed and shot at multiple times after he was already dead. “ ‘Seventeen bullet holes in him. They [the police] didn’t have to shoot him that much.’ ” (235).