Racism in the play school ties
Racism in the play school tiesSociety often judges people on their labels, on their background but not on who they really are. All sorts of people to judge other individuals, such as close friends, teammates and competitors . In the movie School Ties, the main character David Green suffers because he becomes hated as a result of others’ prejudice.
David Green is a star quarterback for the football team and he leads them to success and the championship. David gains everyone's respect because they realize what an outstanding performer he is. However, when people find out David is Jewish then he starts suffering. David has a girlfriend named Sally and she does not know at first he was Jewish. When David is revealed to be Jewish then the respect people are giving him goes down. He suffers for this. Sally hears this news about him being a Jew and she does not even bother talking to him. David goes to confront her. David is talking to her and he finds out that she does not want to talk to him because he is Jewish and she is embarrassed to talk to him. The result of the talk that David has with Sally results in emotional pain for David. David does not suffer emotionally just because of Sally; his teammates make him suffer also.
David has a tough time after his teammates know his religion. One minute they are saying he is the best and the next minute they have their backs turned on him. David is going through a lot. He had not known that his friends would do this to him. He had thought that they would not care if they found out that he was Jewish. When they know...
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