Racism In Remember The Titans

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The color of someone's skin doesn't tell who they are everyone is human. Remember the titans is directed by Boaz Yakin, and stars Denzel Washington as coach boone, Ryan Hurst as Gerry Bertier, Will Patton as Bill Yoast, and Wood Harris as Julius Campbell. The movie takes place in Alexandria Virginia 1971, right as the school was starting to integrate to form T.C. Williams High School It was one of the few schools in the south to integrate this early. Racism was a big issue for African Americans The movie had a good way of showing the main social issue of racism in Alexandria. In 1971 two schools in Alexandria integrated to form T.C. Williams High School. Head coach Bill Yoast is replaced by African American coach Boone which causes tensions to rise. Tensions also start rising when the two schools of different races are forced to work together as one football team. Most of the players start to get used to their team during their two week training camp in Gettysburg Pennsylvania.But when the players return to Alexandria they revert back to how they were before the training camp. During the season the team's winning streak caused the people of Alexandria to start accepting people of different races. But the team was still separated
After the accident gerry's mom quit being racist, and got to know julian and Emma went to the game and apologized to julius for how she acted when they first met. The movie Remember The Titans does a good job of showing the main issue of racism in that time period. It shows it well by showing both sides of them the black and the white and not just one like most movies. The team showed the town that your race doesn't matter it's your personality.This movie shows that even though people are different colors they can become your best

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