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This week in sociology, we watched a movie named Crash. I have seen Crash before but I never thought about it in the same way. Now that I'm in sociology, I have a whole different perspective about the movie than I did previously. Instead of depicting a main character throughout the film, Crash focuses mainly on race; and how it affects the lives of the characters every day. Its interesting how many people think that Racism doesn't occur anymore; even though sometimes it occurs more today without us realizing it, than it ever has before. The movie demonstrates how racism now is mostly implicit instead of being explicit like it used to be. One of the cops was explicitly racist and he knew he was and he admitted it. But, the other cop was so against him and thought he was a pig; but in reality he was just as racist without knowing it. For example, in the scene where he wants to help a black guy up because he is walking in the cold. So, when he gets in the car, he was talking about hockey he accused him of lying immediately because he didn't think black guys play hockey. Also he was laughing because he had the same toy as him in his pocket.The white officer immediately accuses of him of making fun of him. But things even get worse. When the black guy reaches into his pocket to show him his toy, the officer immediately shoots him. By being implicitly racist, the white officer has to live with regret for the rest of his life.