Clash of Titans
Racism, Segregation, Black, White, and Predjuice are all words that are familiar with the United States of America. The greatest thing about these words is that they all has been over-come over a period of times, I am not saying that they don't exist anymore, because they do, but not so much. Most people of the United States surpassed the institutional idea of Segregation and Racism and becoming ONE unit. Unity is the strongest word I can describe the attitude and behavior of the majority of the people. The date is 1971, the place is Alexandria, Virginia, the event is the integration of Black and White schools, and the school is T.C. Williams, home of the Titans. Two races, Black and White: ONE school, ONE sport, ONE football team, and a few weeks at ONE camp TOGETHER. One of the players of the Titans is Gerry Bertier. Gerry Bertier is your average all-American football star, but his priorities are strong. He dislikes Blacks, calling them "Thieves," and refuses to play with them especially that a Black coach, who they call "Coach Coon, is replacing the head coach. (Coach Boone)" Gerry and the oth
Julius Campbell, who is captain of the Black team, dislikes the Whites because people skills aren't on the White's priority list. His attitude why play for the team, when there is no team. While at camp, the players are supposed to get to know each other, well Julius doesn't like the idea because he has the idea, that if Blacks aren't on the priority list, then Whites aren't on their priority list. But as camp is ending, both races becoming ONE. Julius accepts Gerry as well as other White players. While at camp, he is force to bunk with Julius Campbell, but we'll get to him a little later. Gerry and Julius gets into a fight because Julius puts up a poster of a Black football player holding his fist up and his head down. At the Mess Hall, they are divided with Blacks on one side and Whites on the other, with the exception of Louie Lastik. Racism is very powerful, racism happens all through camp, except towards the end, when Gerry realizes that they can't be a team, unless they are all on the same page. As Julius said in the movie, "Attitude reflects Leadership," which is so true, because if your attitude towards is th
Some common words found in the essay are:
Julius Campbell, Gerry Julius, Coordinator Gerry, Ray Gerry's, Segregation Racism, Unity Julius, Gerry Bertier, Gerry White, United America, Black White, gerry julius, black white, segregation racism, priority list, idea segregation racism, gerry bertier, camp players, julius leadership, blacks whites, idea segregation, aren't priority, gerry julius leadership, aren't priority list,
Approximate Word count = 763
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
|
