I saw reconciliation between the rugby team and black people because they went from hating the black children at the beginning of the movie to teaching them rugby and spending time with them. I also saw people that used to be completely against the springboks eventually cheering for them.

The character I saw change the most was Francois because he learned to see people of all colors important and helped his whole team to see the value in all people. Overall, I really liked the movie and we can take away from it that hatred isn’t going to get you anywhere and you have to be like Nelson Mandela and stand up for what you know is right even if people are going to hate you for it.

Before I came in I always thought about Africa as just one big place where everyone was poor and needed help to get clean water and come to the USA as refugees. I didn’t realize how different people in different countries are and how it’s not like they don’t have the resources to make money but they were colonized and those things were taken away from them by white people who considered themselves better than them. I used to think that just if someone looked black they must have been born in Africa, but I have realized that many different culture and ethnic groups live there. I want to learn more about the history of Africa and what it was like there before other people came in and messed it all up for them by colonizing their continent. I was surprised how so many people especially woman can’t even read or write.