movie paper
Running head: REMEMBER THE TITANS
Keotta Blakeney
Davenport University
Movie Paper
SOCY 101
Remember the Titans is an excellent movie that shows diversity and racism in its full form. The lead actor is an African American who plays a high school football coach to a newly integrated team. This movie depicts the effect of racism in a small community. One of the things I liked most about the movie is that the love of one sport brought a segregated community together as a whole. The younger generation helped the older generation to look past hatred and come together to obtain a victory that was much greater than any trophy. The movie is based on two groups a dominant group and minority group, several factors influenced the response of the dominant group (Whites) to the minority group (Blacks). The first factor was that the city’s school district was being integrated and the dominant group wasn’t happy with the newly segregated school. The second factor was that the head coach (Coach Yoast) was being replaced by a new head coach (Coach Boone), which happens to be an African American. In the beginning of the movie the dominant group showed a lot of hostility towards the minority group. When Coach Yoast announced to his players that he would no longer be coaching the Titans and was transferring to a different school because of his demotion, one player stated “he wasn’t playing football for a Nigger”. Towards the end of the movie the dominant group became to accept the minority group. The love that both groups shared for football allowed them to learn how to respect each other differences. Several factors also influenced the response of the minority group. In the beginning of the movie a Black teenager was killed by a White store owner. The minority group also had to experience going to a newly segregated school, which was protested by the dominant group on the first day of school. In the beginning of the movie the
Keotta Blakeney
Davenport University
Movie Paper
SOCY 101
Remember the Titans is an excellent movie that shows diversity and racism in its full form. The lead actor is an African American who plays a high school football coach to a newly integrated team. This movie depicts the effect of racism in a small community. One of the things I liked most about the movie is that the love of one sport brought a segregated community together as a whole. The younger generation helped the older generation to look past hatred and come together to obtain a victory that was much greater than any trophy. The movie is based on two groups a dominant group and minority group, several factors influenced the response of the dominant group (Whites) to the minority group (Blacks). The first factor was that the city’s school district was being integrated and the dominant group wasn’t happy with the newly segregated school. The second factor was that the head coach (Coach Yoast) was being replaced by a new head coach (Coach Boone), which happens to be an African American. In the beginning of the movie the dominant group showed a lot of hostility towards the minority group. When Coach Yoast announced to his players that he would no longer be coaching the Titans and was transferring to a different school because of his demotion, one player stated “he wasn’t playing football for a Nigger”. Towards the end of the movie the dominant group became to accept the minority group. The love that both groups shared for football allowed them to learn how to respect each other differences. Several factors also influenced the response of the minority group. In the beginning of the movie a Black teenager was killed by a White store owner. The minority group also had to experience going to a newly segregated school, which was protested by the dominant group on the first day of school. In the beginning of the movie the