Race part II (Crash)

This week in Sociology we are watching a movie called Crash. This movie follows the lives of many people that connect over some period of time. These people have many different backgrounds as well as ethnicities. We see many issues in our society on the way we view other people. We stereotype them without getting to know them. For example, the white rich couple was getting their locks changed after a car theft, and the locksmith looked to be Latino. The woman got nervous and thought he would sell the other keys to his "homies". However, we see how the locksmith comes home to his 5 year old daughter to comfort her after she was scared. For me, this scene stood out to me because I have stereotyped workers at my house before and never thought to realize they could have a family and be wonderful parents. This experience has taught me to be more mindful about generalizations and not to make quick judgments of people I do not know.