Societies in the past, are also somewhat similar to today societies. This is evident in the comparison of many black plays and movies from history to the present. We see this main focus through the plays read this semester. In many of the plays and movies, several characters suffer through the same problems and setbacks causing the outcome to be similar. Some of the most frequently mentioned problems are the dependency of races upon each other, overcoming obstacles to read, the struggle to overcome a troubled past and the importance of family.
Much the same, a lot of people, in the past, were not happy about integration, yet were unaware of the impact of each race to the other. Many white people wanted to have nothing to do with blacks. Surprisingly, the football team on Remember the Titans was exactly like that. The white players refused to play on a team that consisted of blacks along with a black coach and vice versa. "I say boycott T.C. Williams, our boys ain't playing for no Coach Coon." But in order to play on the team, they had to settle for that idea anyways. The white and black players broke through the barrier of stereotypes and formed a good team. They needed each other to make a whole and not two halves. .
Similarly, in Douglas Ward's Day of Absence, the whites did not realize how much they depended on the blacks until they were absent in their lives. In a way, that shows how they needed each other. By that, meaning the whites needed the blacks in order to keep their lives organized and crazy-free and the blacks needed the whites to help keep their lives suitable by working. On the other hand, in Ossie Davis" Purlie Victorious, Charlie wants there to be integration, but is put down for it by his father Ol" Cap"n. Towards the end of the play, Charlie works alongside Purlie to place the church in Purlie's name. Charlie even asks Purlie to be a Deacon of the church.