Not all forms of racism are stuck just to the isue of black and white. In the movie Crash, the white woman who's care is stolen by two black men changes the locks on the door after the fact. When she sees that the man who changes the locks is Mexican, she gets into an arguement with her husband over changing the locks again the next morning becuase she thinks he's going to sell a key to his "homeboys" so that they can rob their house. She had no other reason to think this way other than the fact that he was Mexican. If racism was simply a black and white issue, this woman would not have expressed her implicit racism towards this young man for his Hispanic background.
Society's tendency to single racism to a black and white issue creates confusion over race issues in America. The minorities feel that when white citizens act differently in a negative way towards them that it is racism. But when confronted with the issue, most white citizens view racism only against African Americans. Therefore the differing views of racism cause much confusion over the subject.
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