Stereotypes In Remember The Titans

In today’s society, racism, prejudice, and stereotyping is often frowned upon and seen as politically incorrect. This wasn’t always the case, because just four decades ago, racism, prejudice and stereotyping was seen as a social norm. However, thanks to great leaders like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, Andrew Goodman and many others, we as people are allowed to live in a more diverse and welcoming environment that gives equal rights and respect to everyone no matter race, size, or country of origin. Although it is important to recognize the progress we have made throughout the years, it is also crucial that students are aware and understand the numerous obstacles that people of color had to go through, to further appreciate …show more content…
This is because, as a member of this age group myself, me and some of my fellow classmates found that the maturity of the movie aids the message to get across. This is because children of this age are more understanding of these struggles and will learn more from these movies. Therefore, it can be said that from a pure learning standpoint, the movie Remember the Titans more effectively displays the use of racism, prejudice and stereotyping than the movie …show more content…
This is because Hairspray is more focused on stereotyping and racism. As a result there is little to no examples of prejudice. This is not the case in Remember the Titans however, because there were many examples of all three categories. For example, when coach Boone was called “coach coon” which shows racism, as well as the time Gerry Bertier called all black people crazy and said that they are all monkeys which shows prejudice and