Prejudice And Racism In The Film Glory Road

Ever heard of the movie glory road? For class we had to watch a movie that was related to race. The movie that I chose to watch was Glory Road. Before I had to watch this movie, I have never heard of it before. Glory Road is about a new coach to the Texas Miners, and he decides to build a team based on the talent rather than the race. The conservative townsfolk balk at the new racially diverse lineup despite the fact that the team is winning all their games. When the team began to dominate the court with ostentatious moves, the racial tension increased, meaning that it risked the future of the team
The amount of racism at this time does not surprise me at all. Part of is that this was during that time that racism took place. This true story took place when black and white TV was around. Racism and the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is still around, but not as acceptable. The college did not like being a colored school, and being called Negros. Also, another thing that happened during that time that would most likely not happen now is that while staying in a hotel the African American boy’s rooms got broken in to. Not only did they break in to the room, but they also put blood all over the walls.
When the team won they were accepted, but if they lost they would have been accepted. In the beginning of the season the team did not play like a team
I also learned that the racism back then was accepted, but would not be accepted today. If a person breaks in to a room and puts blood on the walls back then they would probably not have gotten in to trouble, but if someone did that to day for the same race, that person might probably go to jail for a short period of time. This is just a 50 year time span from the time it happened, till current time today. Even though it is only a 50 year difference racism still happens to day, but not as much as it did back