I was watching a movie called School Ties just the other day. This movie takes place in 1955. The movie starts out with a working class Jewish young man named Brandon Green leaving for a very prestigious prep school named Saint Matthews. He is very smart, and handsome. In addition, he is very gifted in the area of football therefore has been asked in his last year of high school to attend this boarding school on a scholarship. Although most of the young men there are wondering why he would transfer to St. Matt's in his senior year their curiosities are over shadowed by Brandon's uniqueness as well as his keen senses and athletic abilities.
In no time the guys at the school seem to accept him even though his back round is much different from the privileged kids attending the school. Brandon had many great attributes but despite his wonderful traits his nationality is seen as a flaw by some. He starts out having to defend his race by some other young man that insults him. This is a prime example of how racism can blind.
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