Today, I watched a movie; Remember the Titans in the Kesler Auditorium. This event is brought by the history club in honor of the African American History month. In the United States, February is called African American History month because former President Abraham Lincoln was born in February. (I learned it in the African American History class.) Therefore, there are many events during this month. Some TV networks issued special programs that deal with the slavery history or Revolution War, the professor mentioned in the class. I am so happy to encounter this kind of event, which fits to my best concerned issue, during my stay in the United States.

Until the 1960s, the public schools in the United States were separated depending on the studentsãà™ race; African Americans go to the black school, other white Americans go to the white school. However, by the 1970s, all the schools were integrated; all the students go to the same school regardless of their races. This movie describes the process of integration of the schools, especially, it focuses on the integration of the football team named Titans. It happened in Virginia State, which is known for the harsh treatment for African Americans.

My impression was, basically, the movie was so impressive and really good story. At first, they had many troubles and hard time to get along with, but after the two-week camp, they finally overcame the prejudice against races and built a good relationship. Not only that, they won the championship at last. What is more, this is based on the true story; each student completely got rid of the obstacles in their mind. This is what I have focused on; this is an ideal figure of school. But this occurs only in the football team. Once they got out of the crowd of friendly fellows, they face the severe reality. The movie describes the first day of the integration school; many protesters gathered outside the school with many signboards. In addition, many white students donãàÑÕ accept and try to understand the other African American students; they sometimes had fights. I thought this kind of discrimination should be emphasized more.

One thing that I need to mention is that American football is a basically menãàÑÔ world. Therefore, womenãàÑÔ role was just to cheer them up and to be a girlfriend and most of the people in the movie were male. It was rather unacceptable. Other features, not only for gender issues but also racial issues such as African Americans like to sing every time, were also specialized much. (But I am going to ignore these since it is a movie.)

Overall, I enjoyed the movie. It was interesting. This story should be remembered for those who discriminated against or still have the prejudice.