Manifesto on Racism

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Joshua Maynard Period 5 Manifesto on Racism In the movie “ Remember the Titans “ I learned one of the things you need to do to end racism is focus on what unites us, rather than what divides us. The line of division in the movie was race, but what united them was the sport they all loved and played; football. An example of this “ division line “ in the movie is in the beginning of the movie, when everyone was getting on the two busses, all the whites went on one, and the blacks went one another. Coach Boone did a smart thing and conjoined them. He took everyone out of the busses, and made the offense sit together on one bus, and the defense sit together on the other bus, no matter if you were black or white.If you focus on what divides, you will never be whole. This was the beginning of the unity. Another way that we can stop racism that i learned from the movie, is that we need to get to know one another more. When racism is present, you tend to stay away from that person, hating them without knowing them at all. In the movie Coach Boone made every black player room with a white player and every white player room with a black player. This was another good step to ending the big separation line between the players. When you get to know someone, you can probably relate to their life. Coach Boone also gets them to talk to each other and report of him later about what they learned about their partner. If everybody doesn't report to him with an answer, they will have 4 a day practices. Them getting to know one another is also a big step to stopping this racism epidemic. You need to learn how to accept the hand of friendship. When you don’t accept the hand of friendship you aren’t helping the cause or diminishing racism. In the movie, Sharel ( Coach Yoast Daughter) offers the hand of friendship to Coach Boone and he denies it. Bertiers girlfriend also denies

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