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An Analysis of “Remember The Titans” Discrimination between races has plagued America for hundreds of years. In the film “Remember The Titans” (which is set in the 1971), a football team composed of both blacks and whites are brought together against societal norms by two coaches and the game of football. The film uses a shift in tone through the players attitude change from the beginning to the end to support the movie’s theme of that people can overcome their differences & build friendships. At the beginning of the film, Coach Boone, a black man, is hired to replace the high school football team the Titan’s head coach, Coach Yoast, who is a white man. Despite the racial difference of the coaches and of the football team’s players, they

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