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  • Essay / Cultural Stereotyping and Racial Inequality in The Titans

    Remember the Titans is a film made in 2000 and depicts many aspects of racial inequality. Racial inequality can be defined as discrimination based on race in opportunities such as socioeconomic mobility or access to certain goods and/or services. In the United States, this discrimination can have a significant impact on many aspects of society, such as family life and employment. There is still a significant gap between Caucasians and African Americans in America. There are more white people in this film than black people. In terms of major roles, there are about five black characters and more than fifteen white characters. Although the degree of importance of black characters is quite high, their number is still not comparable to that of white characters. Coach Herman Boone is the African-American main character in this film. He is a football coach hired by the newly diversified TC Williams High School as a form of affirmative action. This character struggles throughout the film to deal with the prejudice of his players, other football coaches, parents, and even the school board that hired him to try to create a winning football team. Another key black character is Julius Campbell. He plays a linebacker who ends up becoming best friends with a white linebacker on the team. He, too, struggles with prejudice from some of his teammates and the townspeople due to the team's new desegregation. The other black players at TC Williams High School had very similar roles in the film. Petey Jones, Jerry Williams (quarterback), and Blue Stanton all face racial inequality from players, citizens, and even other football coaches. The attitudes of ...... middle of paper ......ire film. I wouldn't say my view of this film has changed, but I would say it has intensified. The goal of the film was to show the struggles and victories associated with racial desegregation, so that part was pretty obvious. However, now that I can see the intricacies associated with racial inequality, the depiction of inequality is clearer. I believe the audience this film is trying to reach, besides die-hard football fans, are people who were previously unaware of how much of an issue race was within these very small groups of people, like the football team. soccer. The creators want to show difficulties that were less obvious, like trying to form a team with people who supposedly don't like or despise you. I think the actors and creators of this movie did a great job showing the dynamic between white and black people..