Crash is a 2006 American drama film that was written and directed by Paul Haggis. The movie regards various characters’ lives in Los Angeles, California where racial and societal tensions are presented. One of the characters who is know as Detective Graham Waters claims in the beginning, “It’s the sense of touch. In any real city, you walk, you know? You brush past people, people bump into you. In L.A., nobody touches you. We’re always behind this metal and glass I think we miss that touch so much, that we crash into each other, just so we can feel something.” The quote connects to the film itself and writings that illustrate racism by people blocking and preventing themselves personally to trust others and assemble with them because of their skin color or image. …show more content…
Right after that, he mentions, “In L.A., nobody touches you.” This line demonstrates how racism stops people from having faith in one another because of the way they look. One scene from the film that exemplifies this is when a white woman named Jean Cabot is walking with her husband. They are walking towards two black men before she notices them and walks to the side, making it obvious that she is afraid of them. She assumed that they would hurt her because of their skin color especially because she did not know them. It was too conspicuous that even the black men presumed that she headed towards the other side of the street because they are black. The woman moving out the way proves her discomfort and how she did not want to “touch” the black men because of the color of their skin. Racism is noticed by people’s actions, especially when they judge people by their