Prejudice in an Essay
Remember The Titans
Prejudice. Stereotyping. Racism. Many men died for in hopes of ridding the world of all the inequalities and prejudices going on. Were their attempts in vain? In the movie Remember the Titans, I watched as the world’s of the blacks and whites collided, literally. The Titans had a desegregated football team, which affected both sides of the races greatly. One group, the blacks, had been overjoyed and were exceedingly happy that they were given the chance to participate with the school team, and they were happy that the head coach, Coach Boone, was a man of color. The other group however, was outraged! They believed that they weren’t going to be treated fairly nor get the chance to play ever. What made the Titans famous was the fact that they didn’t let the color of another man’s skin get in the way of them playing the game. How did the Titans survive their first season?
First, a few scenes into the movie we watch as all the players riding up to a football camp. There, we watch as the team struggles to play along with each other. They’re trying so hard to keep things the way their used to, they’re trying to keep their little groups the same. Coach Boone deals with that with a little stroll down memory lane. He leads all the players on a hike to the Gettysburg field, which is a cemetery of all the soldiers who died fighting for the equality with black and white men. Coach Boone tells his boys, “These men died right here fighting the same fight we are still fighting today.” That was his way of him tell the boys that even after all the fighting, we’re still at war. There is still bad blood, even after all fighting, after all the lives that were taken, we still can’t learn to accept each other.
For example, when the boys were setting up their rooms in the camp, Julius put up a poster of gold medalist Tommie Smith, holding up a fist in the air, to show his black pride. To Gary, however it was like a slap to the face. This caused them to
Prejudice. Stereotyping. Racism. Many men died for in hopes of ridding the world of all the inequalities and prejudices going on. Were their attempts in vain? In the movie Remember the Titans, I watched as the world’s of the blacks and whites collided, literally. The Titans had a desegregated football team, which affected both sides of the races greatly. One group, the blacks, had been overjoyed and were exceedingly happy that they were given the chance to participate with the school team, and they were happy that the head coach, Coach Boone, was a man of color. The other group however, was outraged! They believed that they weren’t going to be treated fairly nor get the chance to play ever. What made the Titans famous was the fact that they didn’t let the color of another man’s skin get in the way of them playing the game. How did the Titans survive their first season?
First, a few scenes into the movie we watch as all the players riding up to a football camp. There, we watch as the team struggles to play along with each other. They’re trying so hard to keep things the way their used to, they’re trying to keep their little groups the same. Coach Boone deals with that with a little stroll down memory lane. He leads all the players on a hike to the Gettysburg field, which is a cemetery of all the soldiers who died fighting for the equality with black and white men. Coach Boone tells his boys, “These men died right here fighting the same fight we are still fighting today.” That was his way of him tell the boys that even after all the fighting, we’re still at war. There is still bad blood, even after all fighting, after all the lives that were taken, we still can’t learn to accept each other.
For example, when the boys were setting up their rooms in the camp, Julius put up a poster of gold medalist Tommie Smith, holding up a fist in the air, to show his black pride. To Gary, however it was like a slap to the face. This caused them to