Crash

       While watching the movie Crash in class these past few days, I have realized that people's opinions on race come from many different places. The police officer thinks poorly of blacks because he felt his father lost his business because minorities got preferential treatment. The Persian man in convinced that everyone is cheating him probably because of past experiences. Sandra Bullock's character is afraid of black men and the hispanic locksmith because of this she has seen done to herself and others. The black detective insulted his partner by telling his mom she was white, because she knew it would make his mom mad. Some of the characters in this movie get their views from their family, from experience, and from fears. I feel these characters correctly portray the different views on race we see everyday. I know my grandpa was raised in a way to favor white people. Fortunately he has loosed up a lot over the years, but sometimes he still makes comments about Native Americans because he used to live and work around many people to that race. The fact that he still holds on to some of the stereotypes he grew up with makes it clear that the views your parent instill in you and the views you instill in yourself when you are young, stick with you for the rest of your life. I know that I will never be able to get my grandpa to view everyone as equals. But that is why it is so important to make sure from an early age that children know not one race is better than other and that we are all people no matter what. God made everyone in His image, so no matter if one person has a different skin color than another person, God loves them all.