Reading Blog 4

Reading Blog 4
Remember the Titans
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Remember the Titans

Remember The Titans directed by Boaz Yakin tells a story about a newly integrated school. At the start Herman Boone is asked to take the place of former coach Bill Yoast. Since the integration was fairly new no one wanted to accept the fact that blacks and whites would play together. As an African-American everyone seems to be against Coach Boone. It is up to him to pull the team together. As the movie progresses both coaches come to a compromise and all the hard work and friendship of the team shines through, which eventually helps change the view of all those who discriminated.

It enraged me to see both races not treat each other as equals. This is seen when Gerry says “I don’t want to play with any of these black animals”. It made me wonder why being different was such a big deal back then. Seeing this makes me feel glad that in 2017 everyone is treated as equals and are not being judged on where they came from.

I was delighted to see the team come together and not giving a damn about the colour of their skin even outside of camp. We see this when the team has practiced a dance routine for their warm up and performed it on the football field in front of everyone. This gave a sense of unity and a special bond no one can break. Many years later this bond the boys have is still not broken. This is proved when an older Sheryl says “People say that it can’t work, black and white. Here we make it work everyday. We still have our disagreements, of course, but before we reach for hate, always, always remember the Titans”.

In all I thought it was a great movie and the message of diversity was portrayed beautifully in the film ‘Remember The Titans’.