Crash, as a film, is structured to be a huge coincidence. Throughout the 24 hours the film is set, the characters overlap, "crash", into each other in scenarios that always play on the theme of racism. And, from this racism, stems oppression, which is what the ACLE organizers lectured on.
According to the lecture, three levels of oppression exist: Gender, race, and class. All three exist in the film, but focus is given to race. For example, when the Persian immigrant Farhad seeks to buy a gun, the seller discriminates him as an Arab immediately after Farhad claims to be an American citizen. While this is outright racism (the seller even goes as far as make references to 9/11 and Iraq), it can be understood where he's coming from. He was, in a way, provoked—although it took very little to provoke him. This ‘provoking' of racism is a common tool throughout the film, as would be cited in other examples.
When we are introduced to them, Farhad misunderstands the seller's......
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