"Crash" the movie is a great tool to help people realize the hardships that immigrants face as they come, and try to assimilate to the U.S. culture. The first part of the assimilation cycle is an immigrant coming to the United States. In the movie this is depicted by the Chinese immigrants in the back of the van driven by Ludacris. They probably didn't know what was going on because none of them probably knew any English at all. When Ludacris dropped them off in China town he is trying to complete the assimilation cycle, by not giving into the urge of making the money that he could of made off of the illegal immigrants from the chop-shop owner.
The next step of the assimilation cycle is to live by people who share a similar language and culture. The Parisian family, who were mistake as Arabs, had a convenience store to cater to the Middle Eastern culture. This is a form of living in a parallel culture. These parents were probably first generation immigrants and didn't......

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Title: Crash The Movie Assimilation
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