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Examples Of Stereotypes In Remember The Titans

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The movie “Remember the Titans” premiered September 2000, and takes place in Alexandrea, Virginia. High school football in Alexandrea is known as a way of life, they say it’s even more important than Christmas morning. It was in 1941 that black and whites began redistricting and had to attend school together. The city was in outrage after a black teenager had been killed that summer. When Coach Herman Boone, a black coach, is titled the new head coach after the schools integrate, the past white head coach, Bill Yoast and him are forced to work together and try to lead their team to victory. As the school year is about to begin, the football team is off to their training camp. Coach Boone groups the men into their various positions, requiring …show more content…

308). The first case of a stereotype threat arises when two teammates sit down to answer questions for reporting back to Coach Boone, and the white player stereotypes and insults his black teammate. The white player says “what’s your daddy’s name, you do have a daddy right? What’s he do? Wait, he does have a job right?” You can tell throughout the football camp that each of the teammates and even the coaches are in fear of the negative stereotypes that relate to their skin color. About 50 minutes into the film, one of the white teammates whom they call “sunshine” convinces two of his black teammates to come into a restaurant with him. Sunshine’s black teammate Petey had tried to explain to him prior to going in, that in Virginia, white people and black people don’t dine together or really even congregate in places together. Sunshine says “it’ll be fine, it’s all me,” but it isn’t fine. The owner says they are full tonight and he and his friends could get food from outback of the restaurant. They were clearly embarrassed for even trying to go into the restaurant. Petey knew beforehand, that he would not be welcomed inside. However, Sunshine had just moved to Virginia from California. Sunshine was nonchalant about the differences they have in skin color and doesn’t realize that Petey was right until after the fact. Petey was obviously experiencing feelings of anxiety about the negative situation that he believed was about to occur. Even after, he seemed like all he wanted to do was get away from his white teammates because it was such an anxiety stricken

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