How Does Non-Verbal Communication Hurt A Team

In the early 1950's, racial segregation in public schools was the norm across America. Although all the schools in a given district were supposed to be equal, most black schools were far inferior to their white counterparts.

Coach Boone’s coaching method was intense and authoritarian like. There are many ways of coaching a sporting team or sportsman, but Coach Boone’s motto was undeniably, ‘This is the line. Say goodbye to it now because we aren’t just crossing the line. We going far away from it.’ He pushed his players to both their physical and mental breaking point that even his assistant coach questioned his ways. There was a point in the movie that showed this pretty well and

“A negro baby had only half the chance of completing high school and only a third of the chance to complete college as a white baby that was born at the same time and place” (Hubert). Kids were treated differently by color in schools in the 1960’s; Brown vs. Education and Little Rock Nine are two examples. There are many more examples of how kids were treated in the 1960’s but these are the most known and they show how people were treated. In the North most public schools were not segregated and in the South they were very segregated, very racist, and had segregated public schools. People were rioting and fighting for the freedom that America had promised them. Black parents wanted their kids to go to the white schools and get a great

As captain, Gerry Bertier led the Titans, he provoked change within his community. Molly is a leader, her leadership and quick thinking assists her. Daisy and Gracie follow her because she is a commendable leader. Before changing his perspective on African-Americans, Gerry was intolerant and bias towards Black Americans, “I don’t want to play with those Black Animals.” Gerry learnt to play with African Americans and respect them and understand that they are the same. But, Ray didn’t respect African Americans, unlike the rest of his team. “I want Ray off the team, Coach.” Gerry took Ray off the team as it was bringing the team down and he didn’t want a racist player on his team. Gerry changed the team, due to his leadership. White Americans began to follow Gerry, by getting to know fellow players who were African-American. “I was afraid of you, Julius. I only saw what I was afraid of.” Gerry was afraid of Julius, but by getting to know him, he understood why they weren't so different. “Attitude reflects Leadership”, this effort and attitude changed the opinion of majority of the white players due to Gerry’s Leadership.

Almost 70% of the school was white, and fitting into the culture was something I had trouble getting used to because of such an unwelcoming demeanor from the students. Joining extracurricular activities such as basketball helped me meet friends of different ethnic backgrounds who also had the same interests as me. In Kozels Article he begins to distinguish a correlation between schools in the 20th century to schools in the 19th century. “Schools that were already deeply segregated twenty-five or thirty years ago are no less segregated now” (Kozel 202). There has been no change at all in the public school system and this racism and unequal treatment in our society needs to be spoken up about. Segregating black and Hispanic children to less wealthier public schools who receive little or no funding is a major reason our nation’s crime rates has skyrocketed in the past twenty-five or thirty

In the movie, Coach Boone is a master motivator. He does an excellent job of energizing his players, sustaining the motivation, directing the motivation to the right players at the right time, and also knowing when to stop motivating. The satisfaction progression hypothesis is also displayed in the movie. Coach Boone knows that the small things, such as making the routine plays in the game, must be done first before the main goal can be achieved, winning the game. He also has a high expectancy of his team. He believes that the effort of his team will lead to performance and that the performance will lead to results. He expects his team to practice just as hard as they play in the game. Julius Campbell and Gary Bertier, the two main characters on the team, are also excellent motivators. They get their teammates pumped up before and during the game.

This was apparent when, upon boarding the busses to training camp, he noticed that the players had segregated themselves between each bus. Coach Hines made them get off the bus and board the busses as offense and defense, racially integrated. His values, like Coach Boone’s, were consistent with respect, integrity, loyalty and teamwork for those with whom he worked as well as with the players whom he coached.

After the head coach is replaced and moved to assistant coach, tension is increased between the black and white football players. It is the summer before their season, so their first interaction with each other is going to summer football camp. Right away, the new head coach, Herman Boone shows that he is not there to discriminate or tolerate discrimination. He has the boys desegregate the buses and their living quarters. This is where two main characters, Gerry Bertier and Julius Campbell meet for the first time. Racial slurs and punches are exchanged between them and the entire team. It is evident that there will not be an easy transition to working together as a team. Each race

In the mid-to-late 1950s African Americans were not allowed to be in the same breathing space as a white person, let alone the same school. Now today, any individual of any race can freely enter into any building and still receive quality teaching. A special thanks are for the nine brave history changers; Minnijean Brown, Terrance Roberts, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Thelma Mothershed, Melba Patillo, Gloria Ray, Jefferson Thomas and Carlotta Watts. If it wasn’t for these students who endured the discomfort, students today will not be able to enjoy the comfortableness of being a high school student.

The 1960’s was a time of high racial tension and the idea that segregation of schools was needed to protect white children. Kozol writes about his experience as teacher in a ghetto school in Boston, Massachusetts, in Death at an Early Age. Physical abuse, verbal abuse, and horrendous learning environments, are few of the many problems with ghetto schools in the 1960’s. Imagine attending school to learn, and instead of a teacher encouraging and pushing students to be the very best they can be, they are called “animals” and told that their school is a “zoo.” Imagine enduring physical abuse at home, only to receive abuse at school as well. Imagine being students being punished because they cannot control their behavior or actions. Imagine entering

In 1971 Coach Herman Boone replaced a popular, successful white coach at T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia, in that community's effort to finally integrate its schools. The school and community were angrily divided by the federal integration order, and the volatility of the situation was heightened by the abrupt demotion of Coach Yoast and Boone's promotion to Head Coach. In this movie Coach Boone is on a mission to try to get the white and black players to unite and play together as a team. He wanted the two races to become a team. Around that time, there was a lot of racism and a lot of schools were segregated, so the players obviously didn't get along with each other at first. A lot changed when Boone replaced Yoast

The world was at a major turning point in the 70’s, anti-racial segregation groups had started fighting for their rights as equals, much to the despair of the prominent whites of the United States. African-Americans were often bullied, harassed and attacked, they weren’t even permitted to get on the bus, so the Titans received very racial discrimination and objections.

Even though they were very much adjusted to one another and got along so well when they got back home, nothing had changed. When they saw white teammates talking to black teammates everyone starred and no one understood. Coach Boon was not surprised to see how people were acting but he was shocked to find out that when the school gave him the head-coaching job it was because they had to and if he lost a game then he was fired. The people who hired him said that they didn’t even think that he would have made it out of camp.

I think that this movie shows one of the many historical events that took place in the U.S. during the 20th century that led to peace, as it is today, between blacks and whites. This football team kind of symbolizes the first step towards the future of blacks and whites in America- the country that we now call "the melting pot." Of course, change isn't all that easy, and it certainly wasn't for this football team. They started out hating each other, but slowly (with the help of their coaches), they came to respect and play as a team.

In the 1960s, was a time where segregation, racism, police brutality, and the civil rights movement was big. Where whites and blacks were basically isolated from each other.I mean, blacks were no longer in slavery, but yet they were still being mistreated.For instance, while whites were drinking cleared and clean water, blacks were drinking contaminated water.when city transportation was provided the whites were allowed to sit in the front and the blacks were forced to sit in the back.while white kids were going to good schools and getting good educations, only few blacks went to schools and not even the good ones either.