Crash

We watched one of the most moving movies this week. It showed racism from all different view points. I think the most common character in our society today would be the cop that tried so hard to hide all racist feelings he might have that they blew up. He was not racist like his ex partner, however, he had the racial tendencies that are learned by everyone as kids. I think its true we all have these. Not only has it been displayed in movies we have watched this year in Crash and A Bronyx Tale, but also in the experiment we talked about. I feel right now everyone tries so hard not to be racist that they direct what they've learned into unobvious ways. For example, racist jokes. Racist jokes are very popular with kids and many kids think they're funny, but why? They are all based on the generalizations of specific races. Through these jokes, people can express racism without being called racist. Because of how often and early racist tendancies are exposed to kids, I don't know how racism can ever be totally abolished.