For centuries, individuals have been heavily judged based off if their skin color. Black, white, or whatever color skin, we are all humans and all smile in the same language. The movie "Crash" shows the cultural tension and how much of an impact it can have on any individual. In the movie, Officer Hansen feels cultural tension for several reasons, which causes him to take certain actions. These actions in turn affect his life and the lives of those around him in a negative way. To begin with, Officer Hansen is on duty with Officer Ryan and they are driving and talking when they suddenly see a couple, that happen to both be African American, doing some suspicious behavior in the front seat. They pull them over and follow common officer procedure, until Officer Ryan takes the situation into his own hands. He has the man, Mr. Thayer, step out of the car because he was apparently arguing. Mr. Thayer’s wife then stepped out of the car to defend her husband and begins yelling at the officers. Officer Ryan then takes action and has them both turn and place their hands on the car while beginning to pat them down. He pats down Mr. Thayer and follows that up by patting down Mrs. Thayer but it wasn’t your typical pat down. He was rubbing his hands slowly up and down her thighs into her crouch area for several minutes, she has begun to cry and at the same time there is nothing her husband can do. Officer Hansen has witnessed the whole scene of Officer Ryan taking advantage of the married couple and it becomes very obvious to him that Officer Ryan is a heavy racist. Officer Ryan even told Hansen that being a cop will change his whole perspective on how African Americans act and of course Officer Hansen didn’t believe him. Hansen proceeds to ask the general if he could ride with someone else and it was granted to him. When Officer Hansen witnessed Officer Ryan sexually assault an African American woman in front of her husband it caused him to