This movie gives insight on the stereotypes of different races in LA. This movie demonstrated that we automatically judge people by their race. An example would be when the young police officer assumed the young black man had a gun in his pocket. This just shows that we should not be to quick to judge people.
I think that racism has a lot to do with life experiences. The racist cop in the move had experiences that made him believe that people who are not white don’t have to work as hard in life, or are usually criminals.
Stereotypes are kept alive by both perceptions; the person who is stereotyped, and the person who perceives these stereotypes as real. In the movie Sandra Bullock becomes protective when she sees the two black men, thus enforcing the stereotype. The two black men also fulfill the stereotype by robbing the couple.
Not only do I think racism is natural, I think that it has a lot to do with the way you are raised. Racist people are not born in tolerant families.
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