Crash and The Bluest Eye

In the movie Crash and The Bluest Eye there is discrimination based on race and class.

At the end of Crash, the younger cop shoots Detective Waters' younger brother based on his appearance. When the cop picks up the brother off the side of the street he notices that the brother is black with dirty clothing with holes in it. This appearance is a stereotype that causes the cop to shoot him. This stereotype is based on the assumption that all black people are violent and those who are dressed in dirtier clothing are more willing to be violent as well. When the brother reached into his pocket the cop assumed that he was getting a gun and was ready to injure the cop. This is not the truth but it is the assumption that the cop made because of the stereotype that society had put in his mind.

In The Bluest Eye those with lighter skin are a part of a higher class and race keeps people in their current economic status. When Maureen Peel comes to Freida and Claudia's school she is of lighter skin and is automatically perceived as wealthier, prettier, and better. There is nothing that anyone can do about it because they are unable to change their skin color. While remaining their current skin color they are unable to change their economic status.

Thursday, April 7, 2011