Examples Of Segregation In Friday Night Lights

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Racism and racial segregation has been something that our society applied to most individuals for quite a bit of time. People have been absolutely cruel towards one another and things are finally starting to change. Racial segregation and racism will take parts throughout this text, because one of the main areas it has been witnessed in till this day is sports. The main topic that this essay will be refering to is Friday Night Lights, by the director Peter Berg. The first major idea that will be discussed is the disrespectful and lowering comments that were said about black people during the movie. The second idea is how most back players in the team are considered players and nothing else. Last but not least, the tension between coaches due to whether teams should be seperated all black or all white and races should not be mixed. Race still till this day have a …show more content…

They are considered numbers more than they are considered actual people. As the movie plays by, there is emphasis on this fact. The players themselves start thinking that football is all they have and that without the sport they are nothing and no one. A good example of this behaviour is when Boobie goes to the stadium to pick up the things he left in his locker.He tries to stay calm, to show strength, but inside he is broken. Once he gets in the car with his uncle, he starts sobbing and says: “Now what are we gonna do? I can’t do nothin’ else but play football.” (1 hour 12 min.). He says how he wanted to buy his uncle a house but that it is not possible anymore because he cannot play football anymore. This scene really shows that it has been put in the head of those players that they really are nothing else but positions. The same kind of manners were shown in a study demonstrated in the article Michael E. Lomax called The African American Experience in Professional

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