The White Player Reflected In The Movie Glory Road

What are the character traits that make someone strong? Does empathy change perspective? In the movie ¨Glory Road¨, a basketball coach devises a plan to desegregate basketball. By starting with small, strategic changes, Don Haskins achieved a larger goal and affected the lives of millions of people. First off, the small scale changes made in the movie affected the college itself. After the black players were drafted to the team, the response of the existing white players defined how the season would go for the desegregated players. Initially, there was confusion and caution, however, interest and enthusiasm won over the white players and made them willing to share a team with the colored players. Allowing the black players to play with whites opened both up to very beneficial insights on what life was like for the others. The second change Haskins made in the college was discontinuing any activities amongst the team that pretains to partying, drinking, and girls. For starters, this change was important because it alllowed the boys to buckle down and focus on what their goals as

First off, Haskins desegregated the local college. This made a difference in the community because it started a revolution of integration. To begin, desegregation is good for the community because it opens it up for more prosperous opportunities and acceptance. Then, Haskins placed accountability on the boys by integrating them. An example of this is when the boy gets shoved into the toilet and the boys recognize that to fight back with violence will not get them what they want. Accountability was placed on the boys when they took responsibility and thought through their actions. This allowed for large scale changes because it helped set a social standard to how athletes should behave. Also, the community became more accepting to people of different ethnicities, which set the demographic for integration in sports in the