Crashers
I’ve recently rented the movie Crashers. What is it about? Well it’s about everything that is wrong in America, all the violence, corruption, racism and stereotypes, but every cloud has a silver lining. Meaning, though it shows all that exists, it also shows what we tend to forget, the people who are actually trying to make an honest living.
So here is my next question, where do sterotypes come from? Does it spawn from thin air, does someone just decided to make up one? NO, the truth of the fact is, it comes from what people see consistently from of a same culture, whites, blacks, browns, asians….and so on. True, we as humans shouldn’t generalize a particular culture to be a certain way, but we as humans belonging to those cultures with the certain stereotype, should also acknowledge that there is truth to every stereo type.
So, we shouldn’t get angry at those who believe in these stereotypes, it’s just their ignorance getting the better of them.
Ignorance, i think that might be my next blog entry….
September 24th, 2005 at 12:11 pm
i think u mean crash. but excellent point of view. PF
October 25th, 2005 at 4:49 pm
It is in our nature to categorize. The entire institution of science is based on generalization (devising law-like rules to apply to what is being studied). I’m presuming you’re talking about negative stereotypes, but there are positive stereotypes as well. (Ex. black guys have big dicks, chinese people are wicked at math, guys named “Jay” are so dope they should be showered with gifts, etc.) I’m not entirely sure where I’m going with this, but those points should be considered too.