Discrimination In Remember The Titans

American politician, Hillary Clinton once said, “We are a country where people of all backgrounds, all religions, can make a home. America was built by immigrants” (Clinton). Afterall, the United States was created by immigrants who came in to form their own way of life, and practiced religions they believed in. But, in America today it seems as if people are making stereotypes once they see a specific religious group. Even though, they came from a group of people who helped shape this country that we call the United States of America. Religious discrimination is a major issue in America today. Different religion groups such as Christians and Muslims have to face this hostility in their everyday lives. In American, movie producers have acted …show more content…
In the scene when Julius tells Gary that “Attitude reflects leadership,” Gary was telling Julius that the black players need to start covering for the white players, but Gary wasn’t even covering for the black players. Therefore, Gary was being racist. Also, in the locker room scene Gary felt that Blue was criticizing his mom, but he soon realized that it was a momma joke. Therefore, as the film went on Gary starts to appreciate cultural differences. Another example in the film that does a great job of dealing with the topic of discrimination is when all the players meet in the auditorium; they realize that society did not want them to be together because of racial discrimination. This idea initially lead the players to have fear which was turning into hatred. Moreover, the players were integrated and started to learn and adapt to one another; breaking the chain of hatred early on. I think that this part of the film shows how others might be ignorant about a topic you’re educated on, therefore, you don’t have to base your opinion off of theirs if you’re knowledgeable about that subject. Integration built friendships in the film. For example, when Gary got into a car accident, Gary told Julius, “I was afraid of you, I only saw what I was afraid of, and now I know I was only hating on my brother.” This scene displayed the idea that being afraid of someone because they’re …show more content…
Christians are discriminated when doing good deeds for others, along with, issues in school facilities. Muslims are also discriminated against by the current President, Donald Trump. Movie producers have also wanted to give out a message to the public about the serious issue of racial discrimination. Remember the Titans portrays the meaning of what it means to integrate, and how great friendships and understandings can come out of it. It’s your initiative when seeing stereotypical beliefs to not act on your prejudice because you will have ultimately crossed into discriminating against