Much of the racism in Remember the Titans can be seen in the conflict between the coaches. "Denzel Washington and Will Pattonare the stars, two football coaches, one black, one white, whose lives are linked for a season, even though neither wants it that way." Coach Yoast lost his job as head coach to Coach Boone who is a black man. Some of the white players tell Coach Yoast that they will not play for a black man but, Yoast swallows his pride for the sake of the boys' futures. "Remember the Titans is not an activist 1970s picture, but more conciliatory in tone." The movie is made to leave its audience with a peace and, it does. Racism is a major issue in this movie but, the characters work out their differences. A great illustration of this is when Gary, a white player, gets hospitalized after a car accident and, he requests to see his "brother." The brother he requests is one of his black teammates and, before the season started, Gary refused to play with any black players.
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