Movie - Crash

I know, I know... everyone has already seen (and probably criticized) this movie, but I'm a little slow.
I loved it, it was a brilliant depiction of just how close and how amazingly far apart we all are. It's race, it's gender, it's class, it's educational background, it's the way we talk and the way we dress.
All of these arbitrary things that we put up to keep us separate. Different. Is it our own struggle for uniqueness? To feel special? Maybe there is an inherent human desire to stand out, so we must pay extreme-amounts of attention to the differences, instead of just reveling in the sameness.

Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not one of those "we should all be color-blind" kind of people. I understand that only really works for white middle-upper class men. There really are differences in experience, access to opportunity, and social recognition. It's privileged and elitist to suggest that race, and other difference, doesn't (or shouldn't) matter. But it's all social. It's all made-up... all of these differences are completely fabricated. To serve who? It's easy to say that white guy over there, and I agree.. he does seem to make out the best, but is it that simple?

This movie showed a diverse group of people with prejudices based on race, gender, and anything else you can think of. Every character was flawed. Every character was remarkable.

See it. Everyone should see it.