Ethnocentrism

Ethnocentrism in our cultures creates barriers from one another and often causes us to form incorrect opinions about each other. With ethnocentrism come racial discrimination, stereotypes, and even harsh actions. In the film “Crash”, characters of different background face the negative effects of ethnocentrism.

The main stereotype featured in the film was of blacks, whites, Hispanics, Asians and middle eastern. Our ethnocentrism causes us to immediately form opinions about those that differ from us. In the movie, the whites assumed that all blacks and Hispanics were untrustworthy and violent. This resulted in unnecessary violence. The whites asserted their superior authority by doing what they pleased to the other races. This was due to the corrupt society and how there was no attention addressed towards the minorities. Due to their ethnocentric beliefs, the assumed that people of the same race and class acted in the same manner, as well as believing that their race was superior.

In the film, blacks couldn’t do anything without being judged and stereotyped as being poor and dangerous. The white family and police officers didn’t trust the blacks and took advantage of their superiority. The Hispanics were also