Gerry

coach a special team” (Yakin , "Remember the Titans"). When the team meets to go to camp another power struggle takes place, this time between Coach Boone and Gerry. Gerry attempts to take control of the team and tell Coach Boone which positions he and the other players will play, Coach Boone again substantiates his leadership when he tells Gerry that he is Gerry’s daddy, and tells him it is his daddy’s…

The players and Coach’s must learn not to do what is best for him or what makes himself look good, but to do what is best for the team. At camp Gerry Bertier (white linebacker) confront Julius Campbell () for his players (black players) not blocking for Ray. Gerry goes on to say that Julius needs to start acting like a team player and not focus on just himself. Coach Boone see’s the segregation still among his team so he decides to take the players for…

Cannon (2016) provided a lecture on Gerry-manderring and the effects of it in the Virginia elections. Gerry-manderring is when a political figure running for office changes the voting lines in of the districts in their state for their benefit. Political Gerry-manderring is legal in the United States as long as it used for political reasons, if it is used racially it is considered illegal. In the lecture we were given examples in which political and racial Gerry-manderring is looked liked much…

national average” (Broze). Ironically, Erdrich depicts Gerry as a realistic and sympathetic individual that has been in and out of prison his entire grown-up life. Uniquely, Gerry has plainly been harmed by his wrongful experiences with the justice system, and this is evident when he is in the doctor's facility with Dot. Distinctively, Gerry is solicitous and sweat-soaked in the hospital as it’s reminiscent of a prison in his psyche. Consequently, Gerry has been sent to a high-security jail in…

african americans so he didn’t block for Julius. Ray kept his value by not wanting african americans on the team and he didn’t block when they had a game for the african americans.Gerry Bertier wanted to hang with the with the african americans but Gerry asked…

had to work together to surpass their racial issues they learnt that it was crucial to the way they played to look pass their skin. They also had to learn to talk and come to know and understand each other. Gerry and Julius found that their skin colour shouldn’t stop them from being friends, Gerry and Julius started to notice that they had to develop trust and respect for each other to get along and play better as a team in general. As the Titans work at becoming better football players they…

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…

started to become one. Or in this clip where the all team performs a dance/singing before a game to show to the others how they united they are. The sound played an important part in this scene as well where the all team reunited at the funeral of Gerry Bertier and sings together to say goodbye to…

Racism “Racism in the United States is a large issue, and Americans say racism is a bigger problem today than at any point in the past 20 years” (Ingraham). Many forms of society is to blame, such as the media, music, and films. Racism has been addressed many times throughout the decades, but it is still a lingering issue within the society between Whites and Blacks. Racism dates back to the 17th century. In 1619 slaves were brought from Africa and forced to do manual labor in dehumanizing…

Discriminatory/prejudicial behaviour can be further broken down into direct and indirect discrimination against a particular group. The three most notable prejudices and associated behaviours within Remember the Titans are racism, sexism and homophobia and harassment, name calling and gender stereotyping. An example of racism and harassment from the film comes in the scene where Coach Boones house gets damaged by a brick thrown by a passer-by as they call out “Coach Coon”. This direct…