How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Crash.
Quote #1
CHRISTINE: Don't you "ma'am" me. Who the hell do you think you're talking to? […] You keep your filthy f***ing hands off me! You motherf***ing pig!
Even before Officer Ryan sexual assaults Christine, she does not appreciate the way he treats her. Is she right to defend herself?
Quote #2
CHRISTINE: You thought you saw a white woman blowin' a Black man. That drove your cracker ass crazy.
Cameron wants Christine to shut up and submit to the white cop, but she won't do it. Cameron says nothing while she is being groped, and he apologies to the cop even though he did nothing wrong. If Cameron has principles, he sets them aside when he's cornered by the cops. Why does he do this? Is he right or wrong to do it? Why?
Quote #3
CHRISTINE: Do you have any idea how that felt? To have that pig's hands all over me? And you just stood there! And then you apologized to him?
Why does it bother Christine so much that Cameron apologized to the cops? Why are her principles more important to her than their safety? We all know what would probably have happened to Cameron if he had tried to stand up for himself. Was his apology necessary, though? Christine doesn't seem to think so. Why not?