Since its existence, the American dream has turned out to be not for everyone. An individual's race and background play a vital role in economic and social class mobility. This comes from the routine cycle of oppression that has strived to remove the stripped the joys of life from people of color. The societal hatred towards certain ethnicities is so evident in America, that the wounds from America's slavery days are still fresh. This hate towards those of color has been passed down from family to familygeneration to generation that and has built a culture of persecution and hate. While there has been an great advancement for minorities since 1865, black success and development haves faced a constant struggle against white supremacist, a struggle
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Similarly to the situation Willie Beamen in Any Given Sunday. Beamen like many black quarterbacks of today are a victim of being perceived as lacking the mindset of being a quarterback. Obviously, Willie Beamen was tired of being treated like a “black quarterback” and called out his coach for it. Because of Beamens’ color, Coach D’Amato looked past the success of Beamen because he didn’t play football the “right” way. Beamen was just trying to play the game he loved, like Charlie Stifford puts itonce said, “As I’ve said before, the only point that I have tried to make is that a black man can play golf just as well as a white man and be just as much of a gentleman on the golf course”(Stifford 598). Both Stifford and Beamen were not respected in their positions because of the perception that blacks lacked the ethical and intellectual wherewithal to be smart, resourceful, and act as assertive leaders. This viewpoint comes from the image many people have instilled in their heads of what a true quarterback is, the time-honored image of a tall, poised, white guy in the pocket as chaos and violence envelopes him. So when people see a black guy at the helm, they automatically presume that he must be some flashy and fast player that lacks awareness of the quarterback position. This is a problem many of color face, as their skin complexion makes them seem unfit for their
Similarly to the situation Willie Beamen in Any Given Sunday. Beamen like many black quarterbacks of today are a victim of being perceived as lacking the mindset of being a quarterback. Obviously, Willie Beamen was tired of being treated like a “black quarterback” and called out his coach for it. Because of Beamens’ color, Coach D’Amato looked past the success of Beamen because he didn’t play football the “right” way. Beamen was just trying to play the game he loved, like Charlie Stifford puts itonce said, “As I’ve said before, the only point that I have tried to make is that a black man can play golf just as well as a white man and be just as much of a gentleman on the golf course”(Stifford 598). Both Stifford and Beamen were not respected in their positions because of the perception that blacks lacked the ethical and intellectual wherewithal to be smart, resourceful, and act as assertive leaders. This viewpoint comes from the image many people have instilled in their heads of what a true quarterback is, the time-honored image of a tall, poised, white guy in the pocket as chaos and violence envelopes him. So when people see a black guy at the helm, they automatically presume that he must be some flashy and fast player that lacks awareness of the quarterback position. This is a problem many of color face, as their skin complexion makes them seem unfit for their