Overcoming Racial Discrimination in the Heat of the Night :: Film Movie Movies

Through the film In the Heat of the Night racial tensions are high, simply one character, the master(prenominal) of Police, Gillespie all overcomes racial discrimination to go a murder. The attitudes that he portrays in the film help us empathise the challenges in changing attitudes of Southern white town towards the Afri open fire Americans donjon there.As the film progresses, Gillespie moves from a desire to cite peace to a realization that justice is better than peace. This is evident through two intermit occasions during the film. The first event was when Virgil Tibbs was arrested solely based on the occurrence that he was black. After searching Virgil they found over $100 in his wallet. The second event was when the oldtimer arrested the suspect who stole the dead compositions wallet. Since the man had his wallet, Gillespie laid the murder charge on him without further investigation. Through Virgil and the level of the film, Gillespie realizes that there is more to being a police force head than maintaining courteous order.As the plot deepens, the Chief risks his neck several times to maintain a good relationship with Virgil. Through these events I feel that the Chief has overcome his racism, and can become friends with an African American. One event that proves this was when the quartette hoodlums were about to attack Virgil when Gillespie came to the rescue. The boys called the Chief a nigger-lover, which he just absent-minded and didnt let it get to him. In my opinion, if this same event happened a week earlier before Virgil came into the picture, Gillespie probably wouldve snapped and either arrested the boys or split them a good lashing. Another event that backs this point is when the Chief invites Virgil over to his place. Now normally this wouldnt have been a big deal, but since Virgil was a Negro, it was a big deal. Through these events, I feel that Chief Gillespie overcame his racist ways.Through time, Chief Gillespie starts to r ealize that Virgil is his equal, and he learns that he can have a relationship with a black man as his equal. During the autopsy, Virgil starts to display knowledge of forensic science superior to anyone on the police force. While this is going on, Gillespie realizes that Virgil may have superior knowledge than himself. This is when the chief starts to view Mr. Tibbs as his equal. Later on in the film, the chief allows Virgil to abide in his office while the pregnant girl was telling Gillespie how surface-to-air missile Carr supposedly impregnated her.