Compare And Contrast Segregation And Racism

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Racism is being mean to another race based on skin tone ,gender or religion . Segregation is separating people based on their skin tone or religion . It has to do that they both have segregation and racism in different ways . The purpose is how they both have segregation and racism in similarities and differences. With it the Gold Cadillac and Remember the Titans both have segregated vicinages. The Gold Cadillac the black people lived in the north,and the whites in the south . In Remember the Titans all of the the neighborhood was white except captain Boone and his family .They were the only black people in the neighborhood . In the Gold Cadillac and in Remember the Titans both had white people being mean to black people . In the Gold Cadillac the police officer arrested Wilbert because he thought he lied and stole the car just because he was black. Also Remember the Titans Ray wouldn’t block the quarterback just because he was black. …show more content…
For example the Gold Cadillac there were schools that were only black people . On the other hand Remember the Titans the schools became integrated

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