We spent the week before winter break in class watching the movie Crash. Personally, I was kind of uncomfortable watching this movie because seeing how racist and judgmental made me wonder if that's how it was in real life. We learned about the difference between explicit and implicit racism before watching this movie, which was helpful because Crash demonstrates both of those.
Sandra Bullock's character showed both explicit and implicit racism. An example of implicit racism is when she was walking down the street on a nice night with her husband. They live in a nice area in California, but when she sees two black men who could have been dressed like they were college students, she grabs her husbands arm and holds onto him as they walk by. She didn't even make eye contact with the men. That's an example of implicit racism because she's not openly sharing her thoughts, but her silent reaction to seeing the men shows her being racist. When Sandra's character and husband have their locks changed after having their car stolen, she demands that they have the locks changed again because the guy changing their locks was Mexican. She was sceraming at her husband saying that the locksmith was going to sell their house key to his 'gang banger' friends because she assumed he was in a gang because he's mexican. He heard her talking, and it was clear that what she was saying hurt him, but he didn't say anything back.
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