Institutional Repository | Satya Wacana Christian University: Racial Prejudice and Discrimination in Crash and Gran Torino: Relationship and Effects
Racial Prejudice and Discrimination in Crash and Gran Torino:
Relationship and Effects
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Ary Yuniar Rina Simonne
112007046
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2012
Racial Prejudice and Discrimination in Crash and Gran Torino:
Relationship and Effects
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Ary Yuniar Rina Simonne
112007046
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2012
i
Racial Prejudice and Discrimination in Crash and Gran Torino:
Relationship and Effects
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Ary Yuniar Rina Simonne
112007046
Approved by:
Lany Kristono, M. Hum
Supervisor
Deta Maria S., M. Hum
Examiner
ii
COPYRIGHT STATEMENT
This thesis contains no such material as has been submitted for examination in any course or
accepted for the fulfillment of any degree or diploma in any university. To the best of my
knowledge and my belief, this contains no material previously published or written by any other
person except where due reference is made in the text.
Copyright@ 2012. Ary Yuniar Rina Simonne and Lany Kristono, M. Hum
All rights reserved. No part of this thesis may be reproduced by any means without the
permission of at least one of the copyright owners or the English Department, Faculty of
Language and Literature, Satya Wacana University, Salatiga.
Ary Yuniar Rina Simonne:
iii
PUBLICATION AGREEMENT DECLARATION
As a member of the (SWCU) Satya Wacana Christian University academic community, I
verify that:
Name
: Ary Yuniar Rina Simonne
Student ID Number : 112007046
Study Program
: English Department
Faculty
: Faculty of Language and Literature
Kind of Work
: Undergraduate Thesis
In developing my knowledge, I agree to provide SWCU with a non-exclusive royalty free right
for my intellectual property and the contents therein entitled:
Racial Prejudice and Discrimination in Crash and Gran Torino:
Relationship and Effects
_____
along with any pertinent equipment.
With this non-exclusive royalty free right, SWCU maintains the right to copy, reproduce, print,
publish, post, display, incorporate, store in or scan into a retrieval system or database, transmit,
broadcast, barter or sell my intellectual property, in whole or in part without my express written
permission, as long as my name is still included as the writer.
This declaration is made according to the best of my knowledge.
Made in
: Salatiga
Date
: ________________
Verified by signee,
Ary Yuniar Rina Simonne
Approved by:
Thesis Supervisor
Thesis Examiner
Lany Kristono, M. Hum
Deta Maria S., M. Hum
iv
Simonne1
Ary Yuniar Rina Simonne
Lanny Kristono, M. Hum
Thesis Writing
June 12, 2012
Racial Prejudice and Discrimination in Crash and Gran Torino:
Relationship and Effects
Abstract
Globalization triggers the existence of plural societies, which in turns may also cause
racial prejudice and discrimination. What happen in the real world may be depicted in movies
since they reflect people’s cultural mindset and the spirit of the era. Taking Crash and Gran
Torino as its objects, this study purposed to investigate how racial prejudice and racial
discrimination are expressed in Crash and Gran Torino and how they affect the victims. The
analysis done based on racism theory exposes that racial prejudice is depicted by expressing
cognitive prejudice, affective prejudice and conative prejudice and racial discrimination is
depicted by othering the other races. Victims of racial prejudice and discrimination behaved in
accordance with how they were prejudiced and discriminated, such as by equipping themselves
with weapons whenever they went, which means their insecurity. These findings are expected to
make the readers more aware of different forms of racial prejudice and discrimination in social
interaction and how they might affect the victims, so that they know how to properly respond to
such prejudice and discrimination and, thus, promote multiculturalism.
Keyword: plural societies, movie, racism, prejudice, discrimination, effect
1
Relationship and Effects
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Ary Yuniar Rina Simonne
112007046
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2012
Racial Prejudice and Discrimination in Crash and Gran Torino:
Relationship and Effects
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Ary Yuniar Rina Simonne
112007046
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2012
i
Racial Prejudice and Discrimination in Crash and Gran Torino:
Relationship and Effects
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Ary Yuniar Rina Simonne
112007046
Approved by:
Lany Kristono, M. Hum
Supervisor
Deta Maria S., M. Hum
Examiner
ii
COPYRIGHT STATEMENT
This thesis contains no such material as has been submitted for examination in any course or
accepted for the fulfillment of any degree or diploma in any university. To the best of my
knowledge and my belief, this contains no material previously published or written by any other
person except where due reference is made in the text.
Copyright@ 2012. Ary Yuniar Rina Simonne and Lany Kristono, M. Hum
All rights reserved. No part of this thesis may be reproduced by any means without the
permission of at least one of the copyright owners or the English Department, Faculty of
Language and Literature, Satya Wacana University, Salatiga.
Ary Yuniar Rina Simonne:
iii
PUBLICATION AGREEMENT DECLARATION
As a member of the (SWCU) Satya Wacana Christian University academic community, I
verify that:
Name
: Ary Yuniar Rina Simonne
Student ID Number : 112007046
Study Program
: English Department
Faculty
: Faculty of Language and Literature
Kind of Work
: Undergraduate Thesis
In developing my knowledge, I agree to provide SWCU with a non-exclusive royalty free right
for my intellectual property and the contents therein entitled:
Racial Prejudice and Discrimination in Crash and Gran Torino:
Relationship and Effects
_____
along with any pertinent equipment.
With this non-exclusive royalty free right, SWCU maintains the right to copy, reproduce, print,
publish, post, display, incorporate, store in or scan into a retrieval system or database, transmit,
broadcast, barter or sell my intellectual property, in whole or in part without my express written
permission, as long as my name is still included as the writer.
This declaration is made according to the best of my knowledge.
Made in
: Salatiga
Date
: ________________
Verified by signee,
Ary Yuniar Rina Simonne
Approved by:
Thesis Supervisor
Thesis Examiner
Lany Kristono, M. Hum
Deta Maria S., M. Hum
iv
Simonne1
Ary Yuniar Rina Simonne
Lanny Kristono, M. Hum
Thesis Writing
June 12, 2012
Racial Prejudice and Discrimination in Crash and Gran Torino:
Relationship and Effects
Abstract
Globalization triggers the existence of plural societies, which in turns may also cause
racial prejudice and discrimination. What happen in the real world may be depicted in movies
since they reflect people’s cultural mindset and the spirit of the era. Taking Crash and Gran
Torino as its objects, this study purposed to investigate how racial prejudice and racial
discrimination are expressed in Crash and Gran Torino and how they affect the victims. The
analysis done based on racism theory exposes that racial prejudice is depicted by expressing
cognitive prejudice, affective prejudice and conative prejudice and racial discrimination is
depicted by othering the other races. Victims of racial prejudice and discrimination behaved in
accordance with how they were prejudiced and discriminated, such as by equipping themselves
with weapons whenever they went, which means their insecurity. These findings are expected to
make the readers more aware of different forms of racial prejudice and discrimination in social
interaction and how they might affect the victims, so that they know how to properly respond to
such prejudice and discrimination and, thus, promote multiculturalism.
Keyword: plural societies, movie, racism, prejudice, discrimination, effect
1