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Community is a well-represented gospel value in the movie remember the titans. In the movie, there are 3 large communities: the town, the school, and the team. The town, in the beginning, had a shared belief of being against black people but as the movie progressed the town became more accepting of black people as a community. The school is an important community in the story because it helps the teammates support each other. The teammates come together to help each other in fights or deal with social or discrimination issues. The team is the most important community and are the focus of community in the film. The teammates at first are split into two groups, the white kids, and black kids. Throughout the movie, the boys learn to accept each

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