I think the message the movie Crash wants to give us is that we are limited by the stereotypes and prejudice ideas that we believe. The reality is, is that every person has the potential to be anything they try to be; with opposing stereotypes or not. We've got these ideas inprinted in our brains that we subconsciously live up to and never end up breaking them really.
These racial stereotypes are either good or bad, things we like to live up to or things we want to disprove. Some are funny, but some can be offending or hurtful. Personally, I hate the asian stereotypes. I don't find myself particularly "smart" by the asian standards. I'm not in a bunch of APs or in NHS and I don't get straight A's. I do however care a lot about school and work, which has nothing to do with my asian background. My parents don't push me to be in all the clubs I'm in and do all the other stuff that I'm involved in and I think that just because i'm asian it doesn't mean that that makes things any easier for me as a person. Any white person is fully capable of doing all the same things I do, so would people praise a white person doing the same thing as me, saying "Oh wow you're such a hard worker!" but just tell me "Well, that's very nice you're so involved"?
I like the fact that i disprove the asian stereotype. I don't spend all my time at the library or go to all the "asian hang outs". I don't know all the asians in our school and i am actually BAD at MATH. I may be one of the very few asians in my math class, but i'm proud to say i'm also one of the only asians in Patriot singers. Sorry I just like to sing more than doing math problems!
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