Recently in the film industry Hollywood has been using sports legends to tell stories about race. Films like Jackie Robinson and Remember the Titans are just two examples. What both of these films have in common is that both have a story line about color men trying to break through racial barriers and enter the world of sports. Sport films appear to be the way that Hollywood is most comfortable with for talking about racial issues. These films are advertised by making the trailer about the colored person or minority's journey to break through the white barrier and showing clips of success and failure. They make you have a connection with the main character.
I can see how racial issues have been connected to sports films as that is the way we have solved many issues. Sports have the ability to unite people and make them forget about their differences and films have found a unique way of capturing these moments.
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