Boxes And Self-Betrayal

Being in the box applies to everyone, even though not everyone is racially prejudiced. Being in the box IS unavoidable, but making the right decision WHILE you are in the box is an option. There are two choices to choose from while in the box, one is the right thing to do and one causes misery. I am far from a racial person and I am faced with thousands of boxes everyday, especially in the school that I attend. I have many different friends that are racially and religiously diverse from myself and others. I face no issues that concern prejudices of any kind, and I always try to be outgoing in situations that I am not comfortable in myself. Not only do my actions educate me more, but they allow other people to follow my examples and start trying to be uncomfortable, too. Humans can not learn if they do not face issues, make mistakes and become uncomfortable with new situations. I love people that are diverse in every single way to me just as much as I would love someone that is extremely similar to me.

If two races are in the box towards one another the right choice to get out of the box would be clear if both of the people really thought about what the actual right thing to do was. Each race's view of reality can become distorted when they mix the actual right thing and the lower comfortable thing to do together into one idea. People tend to lean towards the things that they have been doing all their life and become comfortably accustomed to rather than anything else, even if the other option IS the right thing to do. I was raised to be myself and see people as they are, not as people label or judge them. I would see a Jewish person no differently than I would see a Japanese person. I would see a homosexual person the same way I would see a heterosexual person. I would see an African-American person the same way I would see a Caucasian person. Some people were raised with different ideas about what is right and how things should be seen. That blame falls on the parents and not the children, but as children grow older they should develop their own morals and ideals.

All of the characters in "Crash" were in a box at some point and most of the characters did not choose the right thing to do. All of the characters had choices about what to do, and none of the characters really had reasons to be racist in the first place. Due to the racism in the story, people started facing consequences and being hurt. All of the events that happened related to each other and all of the racism caused those events to take place. If the characters would have evaluated their decisions and the effects that they induced upon other people and their FAMILIES, they would have made the right choice instead of causing pain. All of the tragic events that were caused simply by prejudices could have been avoided with consciences. No one has the right to hurt someone just because they don't like something about them, and as a step further, no one has the right to judge someone and say that they think someone is wrong for the way they live, the things they believe, the ideals they follow and the ways they think. Racism and prejudice IS NOT NECESSARY and neither are RIGHT.