Race and Segregation have always been a part of society for as long as one can remember. 2015 compared to the 1960’s is a big change in how people view each other based on their color of skin or their background. This topic leads me to the movie Remember the Titans. In Remember the Titans the importance of equality, friendship, and desegregation is the key point of the movie. When watching this movie viewers take away the value of appreciating one human being for not their quality of life or skin tone but in their self being and their beliefs of the world.
In Remember the Titans it starts off with the 1971 Caucasian T.C. Williams Football team. An African American Coach Herman Boone is offered to head coach for that team which opens doors for other colored students to play. As the movie progresses it is clear that the white and the colored do not get along one bit, but throughout their summer football camp before their season starts they learn to respect one another. Of course in the beginning of their two week camp there are occasional fights, but in the second week they learn that their not different from one another. When they return to the beginning of the …show more content…
In a scene where the boys are in the locker room a new team mate Sunshine kisses Gerry the captain in front of everyone else. In the 1970's Gay, lesbian, etc were speaking out and pushing for equal rights as well. As soon as Gerry was kissed he tried to hit sunshine and he did not succeed. This scene led to another scene where Sunshines roommate demands to know if he is gay. Sunshine responds that "if it's not a big deal then why talk about it". Personally this statement that sunshine makes represents what the gay community was trying to reach across to viewers. That they shouldn't be stereotyped and be left to live a comfortable normal life. This is another point that Remember the Titans tries to
In Remember the Titans it starts off with the 1971 Caucasian T.C. Williams Football team. An African American Coach Herman Boone is offered to head coach for that team which opens doors for other colored students to play. As the movie progresses it is clear that the white and the colored do not get along one bit, but throughout their summer football camp before their season starts they learn to respect one another. Of course in the beginning of their two week camp there are occasional fights, but in the second week they learn that their not different from one another. When they return to the beginning of the …show more content…
In a scene where the boys are in the locker room a new team mate Sunshine kisses Gerry the captain in front of everyone else. In the 1970's Gay, lesbian, etc were speaking out and pushing for equal rights as well. As soon as Gerry was kissed he tried to hit sunshine and he did not succeed. This scene led to another scene where Sunshines roommate demands to know if he is gay. Sunshine responds that "if it's not a big deal then why talk about it". Personally this statement that sunshine makes represents what the gay community was trying to reach across to viewers. That they shouldn't be stereotyped and be left to live a comfortable normal life. This is another point that Remember the Titans tries to