Crash is a crime film directed by Paul Haggis. This is a story based on real incidents about racial and social tensions in the lives of people in Los Angeles. In the film, different characters didn't know each other, but their lives collided without them wanting to. This is a situation in which a decision must be made. The film highlights the importance of stepping out of your comfort zone to be in the lives of others and more like them. Looking at history with a sociological perspective, here are some of the concepts that best explain history. Crash demonstrates Thomas' theorem, the interactionist perspective, ethnocentrism, racial inequality and many others. We'll talk later about how concepts relate to history.o THOMAS' THEOREM Thomas' theorem is a theory of sociology formulated by William Thomas and Dorothy Thomas. Basically, this theorem tells us that if we believe situations to be real, they become real to us. Our own subjective reality becomes our objective reality. It follows that if we believe certain things about an individual, he begins to act that way. In my opinion, the best example of Thomas's theorem in the movie Crash was when John Cabot grabbed his purse as he walked past these two black kids Anthony and Peter across the street. She thinks black people are a threat. His subjective reality becomes real the moment the two young black men hijack them. Another example would be that we expect Arabs to be violent terrorists. Farhad isn't even Arab, he's from Persia, but whatever the trader wants from him, he finally gets when Farhad shoots the little girl. Farhad thinks the man (locksmith) is tearing... middle of paper... which makes us laugh and cry almost at the same time. When we laugh, we must question the underlying sociological concepts that make us laugh. Do we laugh at these racist jokes because of our own ethnocentrism? Are we as guilty as John Cabot of making our own realities our truths? Do we have opinions about certain groups of people and carry them out for ourselves? Crash asks us about all these things. This film succeeds in forcing viewers to address their own cultural backgrounds and experiences with those of other races. After all, when it comes to racial equality, it should not be ignored. Especially in a city like Los Angeles, we never know when the truth will hit us and we'll be forced to face who we are through someone else's eyes, even if it's hard to peek inside and outside of ourselves..