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Symbolism In Friday Night Lights

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In Friday Night Lights black and white symbolizes the racial divisions in the town. The white east side, African American south side, and Latino west side. The team colors of Permian Panther High School are white and black. Bissinger uses the black and white as symbolism and says football is the only thing in the town where the decisions are white and black. The politics, economy, and social issues are muddy and gray.

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