Remember the Titans defined what it meant to be an outsider in many different ways. The two main ways were to be an African American in a town so unaccepting. The second being to be the person who becomes an outsider after not accepting the change brought forth. Both of theses instances were huge changes in the movie that the characters had to overcome.
At the beginning of the movie, Julius came to the school among many other African Americans. This was the first time African Americans were introduced to this tight knit community, so it was very unwelcoming. Julius was one of the main actors that was African American. When he first arrived at football camp he was automatically an outsider because of his color. Another example is when Sunshine was with three of his teammates and wanted to celebrate one of their victories. All four of them go into a bar and were told by the owner that the bar was full when there were only a couple of people there. In both examples the African Americans were the outsiders only because of their color.
In one game Ray chose not to block for one of his own teammates. After the game one of the captains, Gerry, had to tell him to leave the team because of that decision he made in that play. At this point the team had really come together despite their differences. Ray was unwilling to accept the change that was occurring to the team, and for that he quickly became the outsider.
This definition of an outsider does support my cultural understanding. I would never choose to not talk to someone or treat them poorly simply because of their ethnicity. I think people are more accepting of such things now more than they used to be. Everyone should accept people for who they are just as the Titans learned to do.
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