摘 要

价值观是历史文化和社会事件等诸多方面因素共同作用的结果，美利坚民族是欧洲移民从北美殖民以及移民融合中形成并发展而来的民族，在殖民和移民背景下形成的美国价值观影响着美国民众的价值判断。当代美国社会难以根除的种族问题，与美国价值观有着本质的关联。美国电影《撞车》充分地展现了美国当今社会存在的各种种族歧视现象。旨在充分了解美国价值观的内容以及变革，深度发掘美国价值观与种族歧视存在的关联，本文以电影《撞车》中的种族歧视现象为例，从六个部分进行论述。第一部分介绍了电影《撞车》中种族歧视的研究现状。第二部分从社会文化方面简要论述了美国价值观，以及 911 事件后美国价值观的演变。第三部分讲述了美国社会各类种族歧视的现状。第四部分简要介绍了电影《撞车》以及电影中体现的种族歧视。第五部分主要从美国价值观角度解释了种族歧视的根源，并且讲述了电影《撞车》中的种族歧视和美国价值观的关联与矛盾之处。第六部分是总结部分，美国社会的种族歧视和美国价值观息息相关，并从美国价值观角度解释了美国社会中的种族歧视现象。

关键词：美国价值观；种族歧视；《撞车》

Abstract

Values are the coefficient result of history, culture, social events. America nation is originally formed of European immigrants and evolved in North America colonization and immigrant integration. American values formed under the influence of colonization and immigration is guiding the value judgments of American people. Racial problem is still difficult to eradicate in modern American society, which is largely associated with American values. The film Crash fully demonstrates the existence of various racial discriminations in American society. In order to fully understand the contents and evolution of American values, and to explore the associations between American values and racial discriminations, this thesis focuses on the various phenomena of racial discriminations in the film Crash, and carries out the discussions in six parts. In the first part, it introduces the current discussion of racial discriminations in the movie Crash. In the second part, it discusses the American social and cultural values and the evolution of American values after 911. In the third part, it describes the discriminations against different races. In the fourth part, it introduces the movie Crash and the racial conflicts happened in the movie. In the fifth part, it explains the root of racial discriminations from the perspective of American values and analyzes the relationships and contradictions between racial discriminations in the movie and American values. The sixth part is conclusion, it shows that racial discriminations in American society are closely related with American values, and explain the discrimination phenomena with American values.

Key Words: American values; racial discrimination; Crash

Contents

1. Introduction 1
2. Brief Introduction of American Values 2
   1. Historical Background of American Values 2
   2. Evolution of American Values 3
3. Racial Problems in American Society 5
   1. Discrimination against the Black 5
   2. Discrimination against Hispanics 5
   3. Discrimination against the Muslims 6
   4. Discrimination against the Asian 6
4. The Introduction of the Movie Crash 7
   1. The Plot of the Movie Crash 7
   2. Racial Conflicts in the Movie Crash 7
5. Analysis of Racial Discriminations in the Movie Crash from the Perspective of American Values 10
   1. The Roots of Racial Discriminations from the Perspective of American Values 10
   2. The Relationships between American Values and Racial Discriminations 11
   3. The Contradictions between American Values and Racial Discriminations 13
6. Conclusion 14

References 15

Acknowledgements 16