Stereotypes In The White Cop

Stereotypes are the results of limited, poor and wrong perception. In the movie the white cop had a perception about the insurance lady that since she is black, she must be more polite and sympathetic to the people because probably she had received some help in her past. Ego-defensive prejudice allows people to embrace a discrimination without having to confess that they acquire such attitude. This was reflected by the black detective where he called her girlfriend “Mexican” in a rude manner, said that “her community should have learned where to park instead of their lawns”. Language plays a vital role in the society when you interact with others, one should be very careful and should respect the feeling of others. It is peoples’

The most persistent is racism. Stereotyping is another highlighted theme in the film, the white District Attorney’s wife imagines the locksmith of being a gang member because of his race. The clash of traditions is demonstrated by an Iranian store owner who takes the explanations of the locksmith about a damaged door as he is misguiding him and wants more money. The theme of cultural inequality can be discovered throughout the characters, for example, the black director and his wife belong to upper class in terms of education and income while the detective is doing a middle class job and his mother is a drug addict and his brother a criminal. The Attorney’s wife, who keeps on complaining about her housekeeper. Inhumanity is also illustrated in the film: a policeman sexually disgraces an innocent woman, an HMO agent denies to give favor to a suffering man, an annoyed man buys a gun to get revenge, and an Asian is engaged in the human trafficking. The film also depicts the people’s humanity as well, as the housekeeper comes to the help of her employer, the policeman takes the risk of his life to save the same woman he misbehaved, and the carjacker leaves a chance to sell a van, loaded with the