Yes, in that during a year marked by racial violence throughout the nation, an entire town took its cue from the football team and remained calm. It's not unusual in the sense that during this period many courageous black men and women, like Coach Boone, took risks to change society. Black young people, like Campbell, let go of their rage and forgave. Courageous white people, like Bertier and Coach Yoast, realized what was really important to them (in this case the team) and took principled but unpopular stands. This happened all over the South, perhaps haltingly at times, with backsliding often, but ultimately the actions of people like Boone, Yoast, Bertier and Campbell improved the lives of many people in that
Remember the Titans is a movie that follows the story of the forced integration of Virginia’s T.C. Williams High School and the leadership dynamics that took place. The integration causes a racial crisis in the community when the iconic football team’s beloved white coach, Coach Yoast is demoted to Defensive Coach while African American Coach Boone is hired into the Head Coach role. Racism within the community makes it difficult for either coach to succeed without taking the significant risks of a strong leader during this controversial time. The two coaches have very different leadership styles and different opinions regarding the forced integration.
The Blind Side Michael Oher is a seventeen year old guy that was basically all alone; he was just all by himself because his mother was a drug addict who left him and his other brothers when they were little. He was living with one of his family members but it didn’t seem enough so the family members he was living with decided to try to get Michael into Wingate Christian School. But it all worked out actually thanks to Coach Burt’s persuasiveness to let him in because he knew Michael could be a great part of the football program they had at school. Things were really odd and strange to Michael when he had his first day at Wingate Christian School because he hadn’t been at school for so long and because he didn’t knew what students and teachers were discussing
I chose to analyze this film because it depicts the modern social issues of poverty, racial inequality, and even more perfectly, the sociology of sports. “The Blind Side” is about a young African-American man named Michael Oher, who had no place to live because of his drug-addicted mother and absent father. One evening, the Tuohy family drove by Michael walking along the road. He was only wearing a t-shirt and shorts in 30 degree weather so Mrs. Tuohy told her husband to turn around and the emotional story began to unfold. The Tuohy family took “Big Mike” in and enrolled him in the all-white Wingate Christian School where the two Tuohy children attended.
He played quarterback and HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_(football_position)" \o "Safety (football position)" safety for the football team, shortstop and leadoff batter for the baseball team, and participated in the broad jump. However, here in college he again flirted with trouble; although he was elected to the "Lancers,” a student-run police organization responsible for patrolling various school activities, he was arrested, some feel for questionable reasons, and sentenced to two years probation. He was eventually elected to the All-Southland Junior College (baseball) Team and selected as the region's Most Valuable Player in
The town of Odessa, Texas is suffering from racism and economic challenges. Friday Night was exciting for the town because of the football game. They closed down all the businesses so they could attend the game and show their support. First, Boobie Miles was very popular in Odessa. He was star athlete for the team.
One day in early March of 1968, hundreds and thousands of high school students decided to walk out of their classes to demand an end to the second-class citizenship they and their parents suffered all these years. A famous Spanish-American man named, Cesar Chavez, was a leader and overcame adversity and courage. Chavez fought for the legal rights of farm workers, and for clean drinking water in the fields, as well
Haskin’s wife gets hate mail from people who are unknown. When Don Haskins tells the school’s president about recruiting seven African American players, the school’s president tries to persuade Haskins against it. He tells Haskins about the school boosters and how they wouldn’t fully agree with it. He also says he doesn’t have enough room for people like that. When the first day of practice starts it starts into a hard day of work.
Coach Boone started out using intergroup contact to help the newly desegregated school’s football team to try and overcome the walls that separate the two groups. An example of a superordinate goal of intergroup contact is when Coach Boone had everyone get off the buses and split the two groups up based on offense and defense rather than race. Then not only did they sit with someone of the opposite color but also that was their roommate for the duration of camp. At camp Coach Boone basically reduced everyone to nothing to create an equal level and built teams chemistry and camaraderie up from there. The recategorization part occurred when Boone had an idea to implement three-a-day practices until all the players got to know each and everyone of their teammates, which was his way of basically forcing intergroup contact and the players start realizing that they really are not all that different from one another.
John gets off the city bus, and he totters towards the courthouse with his head down. He reflects on his past, and wishes he never go into trouble. John thinks about his teammates from his high school football and ponders about their college football careers. About a year ago, John dropped out of high school at the end of his junior year because high school wasn’t exciting enough. Once a star football player, he is now facing five years in prison for sells and possession of crack cocaine.