Racial Equality In The Sports Film "Remember The Titans"
The basic reason this movie was made is to show how racism dictated the country all these years. Throughout this movie they prove that no matter what color you are, you are the same on the inside. You still worry about your grades and how or if someone likes you. This movie embodies how the world should look at skin color instead of how we currently do. This is proven when Coach Boone makes the defense and offence get into different groups and puts two boys together of different colors and they have to sit on the bus together and share a room together the whole camp duration. This made the boys mad at first but as they got to know each other this was no longer a problem and they actually enjoyed the company of each other.
He also made them run in the forest at the crack of dawn to a cemetery to tell them of the story of why that cemetery is there in the first place. This shows the boys that this “battle” has been going on for generations. One other thing he did to bring them together was to make their practices harder until everyone knew at least three things about their roommates. This really brought the team together better than anyone thought it would. Some of the barriers that the team faced throughout the movie were the fact that no one thought they would win a single game because blacks and whites were trying to work together. And they had to try not to fight when people on the team said horrible things to them, this made everything more difficult.
Some of the barriers the coaches have to overcome were the fact that no one thought that Boone would make it out of the boot camp. And Yoast was told that if he didn’t purposely loss a game so that Boone would have to leave he wouldn’t be allowed into the hall of fame like he was already up for. When Boone first started coaching the Titans, Yoast thought he was being too hard on the boys but Boone’s strategies actually worked when it came down to it. He was pushing Campbell to work harder and Yoast pulled Campbell aside and told him everything was ok and Boone told him that he didn’t need to be contradicting him in front of the whole team. This made Yoast really think about how, yes Boone is hard on the boys but he is equally hard on everybody not just some of the boys.
What really makes a good leader is when they give and take criticism well. This doesn’t just mean in the work area either, this should be in every aspect of their life. They should also be able to work around other people’s schedule so that they seem more flexible. There is one lead at my work that fits this bill perfectly. This person’s name is Olivia and she is the youngest lead but she is the smartest because she allows us to choose what we want to do, as long as it all still gets done and she makes work fun instead of feeling like a chore. This is why I feel she is a good leader, I’m not saying the other leaders are bad leaders but she is by far the best one.
