I am not sure Crash deserved the Academy Award, but I am happy it won. Crash addresses a very important, oft avoided issue — racism.

And the film is very well constructed in every way.

As a privileged white male Canadian, I may be one of the least qualified to comment on racism. I’ve never had a road block put in front of me due to my race.

Crash reminded me of American History X, an even better film. But the story in X was simplistic: neo-Nazi makes a black friend and is reformed.

Real life is far, far more complex. Crash seeks — more than anything — to examine just how complicated racism really is.

Thumbs up for Crash. Also David Cronenberg’s superb 1996 film also called Crash.