Race

"Crash" showed us a thing or two about race.
A few of the scenes really got me. When the cop pulled over the couple and treated them harshly, when the Persian man's store got vandalized because of somebody's unfair hatred towards Arabs, and (this was the worst one) when the woman got harassed because the officer felt okay about molesting a black woman in front of her black husband.
It shows that many of our thoughts and opinions and social constructs are just unfair and innately biased. The worst part is that so many people that "look" the part are victims to racism without having done anything. The unfounded anger and unfairness is what really gets me, because how can you justify fouling up someone's life when they're guilty of no wrongdoing?
I volunteer at a hospital. I encounter people of all different skin colors, nationalities, ages, languages, etc. every single day. For the most part, there is nothing but respect between the volunteers/employees and the patients/visitors. But sometimes, somehow, I can still feel the tension. When people are exhausted and unhappy from being sick, from staying the night in the hospital, from the stress of having a loved one be sick, they let their guard drop. And sometimes, when you're escorting a family to cardiology or wheeling people to visit a friend, you can feel distrust. I haven't seen any hostility, and most people are pleasant and grateful, but it's just something you feel. Faintly. It's bizarre.