Essay on Racism in the Film Remember the Titans

“How do Boaz Yakin and Tate Taylor depict historical content to develop the theme of racism in Remember the Titans and The Help in similar and different ways?”

Today in America the word Racism is taken to a whole new level. Even in sports, such as the NFL racism prospers. For instance the Washington Redskins of the National Football League. Native Americans are trying to say the NFL is being rude for naming a Team Redskins. The Redskins have had that name since 1933 (Staff). The team had the name of Braves before they adopted the name Redskins. It was changed due to racism purposes. Some people would agree that the whole situation with Redskins is ridiculous because The Major League Baseball series has two teams related to Native Americans, The Atlanta Braves and The Cleveland Indians. The NFL also has more than just Redskins. They have the Kansas City Chiefs. So if they are really worried about

After Gerry’s disastrous car accident, Coach Boone is faced with the moral dilemma of selfishness. Boone has always been a coach who strives to win, not only for himself, but for the team, however after the accident, he lacks empathy for the boys and thinks more about what he wants. When he suggests that the team incorporate more training to cope with the changes so that they can win, Yoast feels that Boone is being selfish and lacking consideration of the team's loss, so confronts him with the questions “Is this even about football anymore? Or is it just about you?” To express his reaction to being described as selfish, the

In the beginning of the movie, Coach Boone had to build ethos for himself because of racial differences. Coach Boone, being of African American descent, was hired over their current caucasian coach and this caused the white football players to boycott the team until Coach Yoast became their assistant coach. Coach Boone lead his team by example and his dedication to his craft. He showed the players that he did not care about what color you wore on your skin, but of the sport that brought them together. During his speech he states “I don’t care if you like each other or not. But you will respect each other. And maybe, I don’t know, maybe we’ll learn to play this game like men” (Boone). He uses the built trust aspect of ethos very well to close this speech.

     Another important role that is established by one of the players is the role of the magnet that finally brings the black kids and the white kids together. This role is taken on by Louie Lastik. He takes this role when he’s the first one to approach the other black kids and make friends with them. He shows us his role when he sits down net to the black kids

Prejudice, as defined in psychology, involves holding a negative attitude towards the members of a group, based merely on their membership of that group. Any group can be the focus of prejudice. A person, who is prejudiced against a certain group, has a tendency to overlook the individual characteristics or behavior of members of the group to whom he/she is prejudiced, merely because they belong to that group. In the film ‘Remember the Titans’ (2000), prejudice is portrayed in several ways, but mainly focuses on the discrimination of the African-Americans. One form of prejudice, which if frequently revisited in the film, is racism. Racism occurs when prejudice and discrimination are directed at people who are members of a particular

In the movie Remember the Titans, the plot shows clear examples of race and ethnicity discrimination and Sexual orientation discrimination. One of the first scenes that show the issue of race and ethnicity discrimination is when the coach (Coach Boon) house is being vandalized by the “white players” when they throw rocks at his house. It is evident that the players don’t want the Coach or his Family in the neighborhood due to the colour of their skin. Another example is When Julius walks into the room and is completely ignored by a group of White girls when he says Hi to them, the nature of the movie suggests that if Julius has been of Lighter Skin, the girls would have reacted differently to him by saying Hi back. An example of Sexual Orientation discrimination in the movie is when they refer to a male player as Sunshine as he is homosexual, it is even more evident in the scene where the group of football players are uncomfortable around the character Ronnie as he is homosexual. The behaviours shown in the movie are learnt behaviours, the discrimination shown in the movie shows that white characters are acting on their judgment against the black characters with no substance behind their behaviours, and no real reason for them to be acting that way. It is clear that Discrimination is a

Racism, prejudice, compassion and love is what you get when you break down Remember the Titans. The movie deals with a high school football team that's been integrated and the team has to learn to deal with each other. This is true not just for the players but the coaches as well. They have to overcome huge obstacles dealing with racism and prejudice within the team, school and town.

In chapter five of the novel Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor, Cassie experiences the most racism in her life in the town of Strawberry. When Cassie apologizes to Lillian Jean her father demands for Cassie to use Miz when she apologizes to his daughter, and Big Ma tells her to do as such: “Big Ma” I balked “Say It child.” (…) “I’m sorry … M-Miz Lillian Jean.” Taylor 116. This event in Strawberry truly shows Cassie what the white supremacists think of her, not as a human but as a thing that can talk like them, and at the realization of her true rank in this society brings Cassie lower than she has ever been in her entire life. The apology to Lillian Jean overflows Cassie with so much anger, sadness, and shame making this

In a section of the book the under 15 Fugees were going to a game against the team Phoenix. They were disrespecting by not listening to Luma, not being on time, not going to lessons, etc. So Luma thought enough was enough and stopped coaching halfway through the game and this was the results. “The fugees were yelling at each other now..The fugees were exhausted..the score was 7-2,Phoenix.” Clearly teamwork was lacking and caused a lost for the under 15. The lack of teamwork wasn’t just between the players ,but between coach and players as well. One person can’t do all the work and have other leach of the success and the kids were trying to win by just have a good coach. This game could have ended very differently if there was teamwork between

were still segregated. The characters do not get along with the majority of the white population,

While the group was attempting to figure out where each member fit in on the team, while not actually wanting to be there, it was established that at this point they had no chance but to keep moving forward. It was expected that each member do their jobs, and do them well. Oscar was established as somewhat of the leader, Lorenzo the lynch pin, and so on.

During the last several decades, the media has become a strong agent in directing and controlling social beliefs and behaviors. Children, by nature, can be particularly susceptible to the influencing powers of the media, opening an avenue where media created especially for children can indoctrinate entire generations. Disney movies, like all other media “are powerful vehicles for certain notions about our culture,” such as racism. (Giroux 32). Racist scenes in Disney movies are often identified as simply being “symbols of the time” when the films were produced. Furthermore, Disney racism is often passed over as simple humor, or as a simple guide to

For example when there was the protest scene bertire’s girlfriend Emma refused to shake Julius’ hand. Another example is also during the protest scene when all the white people separated themselves from the black people and were looking at each other as though they hated each other.showing what the two races think of eachother is important to show a grade 8 class because they need to know what it was like back in 1971.

The film is set in 1971, Alexandria, Virginia and is about a black and white high school’s football team and how they overcame many challenges to achieve great things. The film started off with heavy racist comments with the planned integration of a Black and White High-School. There is a point in the film where the players are trying to get rid of their racist ways but they can’t because the racism is taught to them since birth (that blacks are lower class than whites). They finally overcame racism at the end of the movie, the American football players had overcome racism earlier but they had finally been able to make the town overcome racism when they won the championship. The theme of racism has changed over the course of the movie and in doing so has allowed the viewer to see the different sides of racism at different stages. In the Gettysburg scene coach Boone makes a speech to the players explaining how foolish their thoughts on racism are and though the line “If we don't come together right now on this hallowed ground, we too will be destroyed” the players can finally overcome racism. When Gerry gets injured at the end of the film and is sitting in the hospital, one of his teammates (who is a different race) isn’t allowed in because only family is allowed in so in response to this Gerry says “Alice, are you blind? Don't you see the family resemblance? That's my brother.”.