UGC 211 1st Edition Lecture 8 Crash Continued February 18th 2015 o Black man whose wife was arrested was caught by cops in car run situation one of the cops was the cop from the time his wife was molested he let him go with a warning o Persian man from store came to guys house who told him to get his door fixed with a gun His daughter ran out when he had gun facing at him The Persian man shot the gun when daughter was in his arms They were both fine somehow o White couple wife admits that she wakes up every morning feeling the same and doesn t understand why o White cop picked up black man in chase and run was driving him somewhere thought he had a gun on him and then shot him in his car black man didn t have a gun on him o Other black man and van there were people locked in back of it o Persian man tells his daughter what happens and he claims that the little girl was his angel and that everything is okay o White cop sets car on fire o Man with van allows people in van to go o End of film with another crash African American women Shaniqua yelling at man who doesn t speak English shows even she is racist do we all have it in us Discussion o Film shows stereotypes hate and how it s part of everyday life o White cop thought African American man in his car was joking when he said he liked country music and ice skating o He has passive racism caused him to kill him o Message Our passive racism is just as or even more harmful than active racism o Cop was trying to show he wasn t racist by picking up African American man o People act they way you treat them like two African American men walking on sidewalk in the beginning of the movie Exam o Use Review Sheet o Go over readings o Know key terms she stressed in class o Questions from clips we ve watched in class class discussions power points readings film Crash own class notes o Know authors from readings o 20 MC and short answer online Open Book o Sidewalk metaphor walking on sidewalk flying on it active racism doing something purposefully to move forward Active racism still on moving sidewalk but not doing anything to move yourself forward o Hurricane Katrina wealthy people were able to get out of New Orleans people who didn t have money were stuck there face of poverty in New Orleans was black brought race to forefront o Face of malnutrition and poverty is being fat bad food is cheap
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