Speak the truth. Words are swords.

Missouri 2022-03-25 09:01:11

Biopics about racial discrimination in the United States in the 1930s and 1940s are also more inclined to inspirational films. At that time, China was being invaded by Japanese fascists. War and this film focuses on a different kind of war—a war of ideas and words

There is a famous line in "V for Vendetta": under this mask is not only the body but also the mind, and the mind is not afraid of bullets It is the output of correct and profound thought language that can strike directly into the depths of people's souls as sharp as a sword

But this is not only a battle of ideas, but also a contest of language. No matter how deep the thought is, it is futile without concise and powerful language to output. Sharp thoughts and sonorous language are the charm of debate. The ropes twisted together are extremely strong

The film made many straightforward descriptions of the discrimination and injustice suffered by black people. The debate is very shocking. It is in this cruel background that DW's first-class acting skills not only reflect the integrity of being a teacher, but also show the graceful demeanor of a leader.

I have seen the yearning of black people for justice, freedom

Debate is an inquiry into the truth, and the truth becomes clearer and clearer

Speak the truth. Words are swords. Based on real people

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  • Cade 2022-04-23 07:02:51

    Some words I have to read over and over again to understand

  • Andre 2022-03-24 09:02:24

    It's a bit old-fashioned

The Great Debaters quotes

  • James Farmer Jr.: We do what we have to do in order to do what we want to do.

  • James Farmer Jr.: In Texas they lynch Negroes. My teammates and I saw a man strung up by his neck and set on fire. We drove through a lynch mob, pressed our faces against the floorboard. I looked at my teammates. I saw the fear in their eyes and, worse, the shame. 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? Was he a sharecropper? A preacher? Were his children waiting up for him? And who are we to just lie there and do nothing. No matter what he did, the mob was the criminal. But the law did nothing. Just left us wondering, "Why?" My opponent says nothing that erodes the rule of law can be moral. But there is no rule of law in the Jim Crow south. Not when Negroes are denied housing. Turned away from schools, hospitals. And not when we are lynched. St Augustine said, "An unjust law in no law at all.' Which means I have a right, even a duty to resist. With violence or civil disobedience. You should pray I choose the latter.