First of all, no matter what color young people are, their education is universal. I think there are quite a few words in the film that are inspiring to me. Among them, Dr. James Farmer Sr. has this passage in the opening credits: "When I was a child, I spoke as a child. I understood as a child. I thought as a child. But when I became a man, I put away all childish things.” So when the Farmer family accidentally killed a white farmer’s pig while driving, and the white man demanded $25 more than the value of the pig, little James was indignant, but old James agreed to protect the family. numerous unreasonable demands. Little James was puzzled by his father's actions and humiliated by what happened to them. However, if it weren't for the compromises of the old James, perhaps the Farmer family would have been killed by the white guns. When Mel Tolson was detained by the police, the old James used strong evidence and his profound knowledge to bail Mel Tolson out. Little James understood the difference between his father's so-called man and child and was deeply impressed by his father.
There is also a touching segment in the film, Mr. Tolson asked the four debate team members to speak out a paragraph with nuts in their mouths: Who's the judge? The judge is God. Why is he God? Because he decides who wins or loses, not my opponent. Who is your opponent? He doesn't exist. Why does he not exist? He's merely a dissenting voice to the truth I speak. He sat in the boat and let the students recite it aloud on the riverbank, the boat Farther and farther, the voices of the students have to grow louder. This is not only to train students' mouth skills, but also to tell them that the truth must be shouted out loud and bold! I think a lot of content is not just for black people, all young people should learn to think like adults and learn to stick to the truth.
Second, for the black youth who have been discriminated against, we must teach them how to face these unequal and even cruel treatment, and how to maintain their dignity as individuals and members of the race and have the courage to fight for their rights. The team saw a man strung up by his neck and set on fire in the night. They drove through a lynch mob, pressed their faces against the floorboard. We saw the fear in their eyes... and worse... the shame. The harsh reality shocked these young people who had just tasted the fruits of victory. Inequality persisted as always. They shouted "What was this Negro's crime that he should be hung, without trial, in a dark forest filled with fog? Was he a thief? Was he a killer? Or just a Negro?" Dr. James Farmer Sr. added This sentence: We do what we have to do, so we could do what want to do. So it is what they have to do to endure humiliation in silence, and they will definitely explode after silence and do what they want to do, the time for justice, the time for freedom, and the time for equality is always, is always, right now! When they lifted the trophy over Harvard, we saw more than just a game Victory is not even the self-breakthrough of black people, but the hope for black people to move towards independence, freedom and equality!
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