How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Crash.
Quote #4
JEAN: I would like the locks changed again in the morning. And you might mention that we'd appreciate it if next time they didn't send a gang member. […] Yes, the guy with the shaved head, the pants around his ass, the prison tattoo.
Why does Jean stereotype the locksmith? Is it because he's Mexican, or is it because he has a shaved head, saggy pants, and tattoos? She doesn't suspect her housekeeper of stealing from her, and her housekeeper is Mexican. Is she prejudiced against a lower class, or is she racist against Mexicans? Or is it a little bit of both?
Quote #5
RIA: You want a lesson? I'll give you a lesson. How 'bout a geography lesson? My father's from Puerto Rico. My mother's from El Salvador. Neither one of those is Mexico.
WATERS: Ah. Well then I guess the big mystery is, who gathered all those remarkably different cultures together and taught them all how to park their cars on their lawns?
Ria expresses her prejudiced attitude toward Kim Lee at the beginning of the movie. Is it then hypocritical for her to call Waters out on his own prejudice against Latinos? Is one prejudice worse than the other, in her mind?