How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Crash.
Quote #4
RIA: Why do you keep everybody a certain distance, huh? What, you start to feel something and panic?
Even though Ria is talking to Graham Waters here, she could be talking to Farhad. The characters in Crash ultimately seem to be afraid of one thing: feelings. But that means that these people basically never communicate with each other—which only adds to the problem, since if they never communicate, they have no way of really understanding each other. And that just leads to more fear and anger.
Quote #5
ANTHONY: The man steals from Black people. Only reason Black people steal from their own is 'cause they terrified of white people.
Do you believe Anthony is right here? What about white people are Black people scared of, in his mind?
Quote #6
CHRISTINE: I got scared, Cam. It's not like I haven't been pulled over before. You know? But not like that. And, yes, I was a little drunk. And I was mouthing off. I'm sorry. But when that man was putting his hands on me…
Being molested by a cop scares Christine. How can she feel safe when the authority figures become the enemy?