| dc.description.abstract | The general study of this thesis is about racism and racial discrimination.
The main point of the discussion is about the effort of Herman Boone as a coach
to unite among his white players and his black players who clash in a racial
motivated conflict. This thesis is conducted to describe the racial tension among
the players of different race in Remember The Titans movie script written by
Gregory Allen Howard. As a study of racism, critical race theory is needed. This
theory places race at the center of analysis, how the human behaviour and social
processes relevant to racial group categorizations and racial stratification. A
method of analysis is needed to make this thesis arranged clearly. The method of
this research is an inductive method. It discusses from the particular thing then
goes to general knowledge to gain the conclusion. There are three problems to
discuss in this thesis. The first problem to discuss is about the conflicts of Herman
Boone’s players caused by racism. The second is discuss about the efforts of
Herman Boone in fighting against racism. The last is discuss about the results of
Herman Boone in fighting against racism.
This movie script is based on a true story of the social conditions of
United States of America in 1970s, in Alexandria, Virgina’s T.C William High
School. At that time, the racial tension is going high, it is because of the process
of racial discrimination by the white players toward the black ones. Finally, the
struggle of Herman Boone as a coach is able to unite his players from different
group of race. The racial riot between the whites and the blacks of Titans player is
going down, the whites and the black player respect and even appreciate the
existence of each other, as a human and as a player as well. | en_US |
