And the Oscar for Best Movie Goes To - Crash of Racial Stereotypes and Humanitarian Babel

Last year we saw the crash escapes with Oscar, and was praised not only the best film of the year, but his presentation of race relations, bias and stereotypes in American society. This year, Hollywood, incidentally, created an incredible teaching tools that can be used to raise our unconscious prejudices and stereotypes that can lead us to recognize the unique, individual features of others.

Crash is a film that makes us the second and third look at our own prejudices. Crash includes several stories with the basic theme of prejudice and stereotypes that exist in today's society: white veteran cop who is biased against blacks, a white store owner's gun, which has a bias against the Persians, a white district attorney's wife who is a stereotype of Latinos, black car thieves who the bias against whites, a black police detective who stereotype Hispanics, and the list goes on. Each of the characters who acted on their own prejudices are transformed into the hero of this movie, when they abolished their own biases and learn about other people's uniqueness.

This year, we see a universal view of this transformation in Babylon, where people from different countries are converted from acting on stereotypes in order to accept people for who they are. Will Babel follows the treatment of crash and win the Oscar for Best Picture? Babel starts in the remote Moroccan desert sand, gun resounds - detonating a chain of events that would be illegal prejudices and stereotypes, such as shooting an American tourist in Morocco is thought to be caused by terrorist follows the hunt for the perpetrators, a nanny illegally crossing into Mexico with two American children in order to engage in a night of partying and drinking on her son's wedding, a Japanese teen rebel impaired, which is avoided by peers because of her disability. Separated by clashing cultures and sprawling distances, each of these four different groups of people nevertheless hurtling towards a shared destiny of isolation and sadness due, in part, the stereotype, but in the end again through understanding and respecting others' uniqueness.

Researchers have discovered that human beings have an unconscious bias. Research conducted by Stanford University, concluded that even when we think we are compensating for our biases, it's not something we can easily remove, or a factor in our decision, because it operates unconsciously. We are far better at spotting bias in others than in ourselves. Researchers at Stanford University study concludes that there is an assumption that our own golden rule of objectivity works well for themselves and others' rules do not work for njih.Bias Blind Spot: Perceptions of bias in self versus others (2002) the same person who is fairly objective when you judge for yourself can be very biased when assessing others or vice versa. and contrary to expectations, a successful career built on making carefully reasoned decision can enhance the illusion of objectivity, such as lawyers.

We get a prejudice and stereotypes from our environment, family, friends, neighbors, music, television, movies and what we read, as well as our own experiences. These experiences begin when we have a very small djece.Pravila from our culture is not what is written, but they learned from those around us, and as children we accept these unwritten rules without question. In order to eliminate bias, we must begin to raise awareness at a conscious level and begin to recognize our prejudices. Only an awareness of how we react to the "other" is vital to breaking the patterns of conflict caused by the creation of bias. We should not be intimidated by engaging in a discussion about bias and stereotypes. Admittedly, it is familiar scripts do not apply, and modify our behavior in accordance with these communications. Attention must be paid to the unique, individual features of others.

How are films such as Crash and Babel, they can use to help us get in touch with our unconscious biases? Do not be intimidated by engaging in a discussion about bias and stereotypes, which are shown in these films. Explore changes that occur with each character as they begin to set aside their stereotypes about each other and begin to recognize the unique and individual features of others. Start paying attention to how we communicate with ethnic and racial groups that are shown in movies. Expand our understanding and improve our sensitivity to these races and nationalities. Avoid generalizing about the culture based on past information or observations, the data is only applicable to a situation in which you received. Make opportunities to interact with people with different cultures, ethnicities, religions and abilities. Eventually we realize that transforms attitudes and behaviors can be challenging and takes time. Crash and Babel are not recorded in one day.