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“People say that it can’t work, black and white. Well, here, we make it work everyday. We have our disagreements, of course, but before we reach for hate, always, always we remember the Titans.” - Sheryl Yoast. The message behind this quote is very valuable and has something that everyone can learn from. For many years people have placed doubts about black and white people. They were reluctant about black and white people being able to work together, be friends, play on the same field and plenty more. When both races were combined together onto the football team, many of the players were very wearisome about it. The players felt uncomfortable about being on a team with mixed races, and the former head coach, Bill Yoast, felt very incommodious at the idea of being replaced as coach by Herman Boone, and put into the position of assistant coach. Boone had made suggestions to allow Yoast to stay. Boone offered Yoast the position to work on the staff, become a defensive coordinator, or assistant head coach. Yoast was not pleased with Boones suggestions and was hesitant to give Boone a final answer. Yoast thought long about his decision on whether he should leave his coaching career for the Titans and accept another role as head coach at different high school, or Yoast could continue working and coaching for the Titans, with his cherished players, but as an assistant coach to Boone. Yoast had decided to remain assistant head coach for the Titans. He did this in honor of his players, and also to understand what type of coach Boone is, along with how he will train the football players. From this scenario I had learned an excellent lesson that I will …show more content…

This movie has highly educated me on the acts of racial prejudice and how to act like a leader. I certainly will be using my newly discovered knowledge out into the real

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