When prejudice is judging a person on the bases of stereotypes about the group to which the person belongs. Prejudice and the realistic group conflict theory relate because they both stereotype groups. Just like the whites and blacks are stereotyping each other in Remember the Titans. In the beginning of the movie, white and the African American football players are mainly worried about their position on the field and if they was going to be starting. Starting positions are very limited, so that is why the African Americans and whites fight over them.
Like they don’t make enough money in the NFL they need to sue over petty bull crap like they were back in elementary school again. There are so many more important things to worry about in today’s society then calling people names. If they are not calling each other the N-word than it’s about their sexuality and they use the F-word and other derogatory names I chose not to use here. This article also says that his own team mates consider him to be honorary black because he is considered one of them from being on the team for so long, it also says it’s a cultural thing that he can’t be honorary black because he has not lived in oppression like the black race has which to me is a discriminatory remark in itself because black people don’t own the market on being oppressed. People of all cultures have been oppressed at some point in history.
How were factors that may reduce prejudice demonstrated in the film ‘Remember the Titans’? The film Remember the Titans showed us many examples of prejudice, racism and discrimination. Based on a real story the film shows us the extreme prejudice the white community had on the black community in the early 1970s and vice versa. In the beginning of the film the prejudice shown towards the black community was at the highest point. When Bill Yoast the current coach for the T.C Williams High School football team steps down as head coach and is replaced by the non-white African American Herman Boone, the tension between the black and white communities hit breaking point.
His grandfather, Ramiro Romo Sr. immigrated to America as an adolescent. (Flores, 2) Romo’s father was serving in the military in San Diego when he was born but the family moved back home to Burlington, Wisconsin when Antonio was 2 years old. Recently, Tony Romo has been getting credit for being one of the premier quarterbacks in the NFL with a very bright future. I don’t believe Tony Romo has the talent to be a star quarterback. I think that his good start has been a fluke and that he will soon drop off to the poor talent level that he’s played at his entire life.
These laws were designed to create a “separate but equal” environment for African Americans and whites to coexist peacefully, but in reality the laws actually led to treatments and accommodations for Negros that were usually inferior to those of white Americans. In many cases, African Americans could only play sports professionally if they created their own teams, and established their own leagues comprised of all black athletes. Due to the extreme racism amongst the sporting community, black teams were often banned from playing white teams, or the white teams just totally refused to play a Negro team. In the rare occasion that black teams actually played against white teams, they were always forced to lose because it was considered a disgrace to lose against a Negro team. In that time it was also rare for an African American to attend college because there weren’t many all black colleges
When I first arrived on the football team there were no expectations. It was the teams’ second year varsity and they just recovered from a defeated season (0-10). The year I played we went 4-6, this season I made the varsity team as a freshman. My role on the team was not important up until my junior year, but my sophomore year is what changed me the most. My sophomore year my team went 12-0(undefeated) we won the thing.
Along with the laws comes outrage from the white families of Alexandria; especially after the implementation of a law that combined the white school and the black school into one. There is a coaching change on the football team that comes along with the school change; a new African American coach, Coach Boones, is given the head coach job at the new school instead of the Hall of Fame coach, Coach Yoast, that is currently there. There is much indignation about this seemingly unfair change that takes
Jon Davis Eng 101 Dr. Stevens 2/13/2012 What can a young African-American become after graduating from college? A few will say a teacher, some will say a lawyer but the majority will say a professional athlete. In the article “Delusions of Grandeur”, Henry Louis Gates Jr. explains why most African-Americans choose to be professional athletes instead of a more realistic and beneficial option. He argues that the public school system, media and society in general is to blame. Gates maintains that these entities should stop using young African-Americans as “gladiators” to entertain the masses.
2) The middle class White family, about 72%, owns their homes, while only about 46% of the middle class Black family owns their homes. 3) Unemployment is for Black people is double then it is for White people. 4) Some companies hire mostly White people. An example is Microsoft. In the 2000, there were 20,000 White people working for Microsoft, and 544 Black people working for Microsoft.
Muhammad Ali was drafted to the war, and he made the decision not to participate because of his beliefs. Jackie Robinson helped to establish the Freedom National Bank, which is an African American owned financial institution. These athletes and many more have seized opportunities outside the sporting arena in hopes to advance the African American community. Today sports such as football, basketball, and track and fields are dominated by African Americans. This makes me question why are African Americans so prominent and dominant in these sports?