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

Through the buck In the Heat of the Night racial tensions are high, but champion character, the pass of Police, Gillespie overcomes racial discrimination to solve a murder. The attitudes that he portrays in the film help us understand the challenges in changing attitudes of southern white town towards the African Americans living there.As the film progresses, Gillespie moves from a desire to maintain peace to a realization that justice is snap off than peace. This is evident through two separate occasions during the film. The first publication was when Virgil Tibbs was arrested solely based on the fact that he was black. After inquiring Virgil they found over $100 in his wallet. The second event was when the principal(prenominal) arrested the suspect who stole the dead mans wallet. Since the man had his wallet, Gillespie laid the murder designate on him without further investigation. Through Virgil and the course of the film, Gillespie realizes that there is more to be a p olice chief than maintaining civil order.As the plot deepens, the psyche risks his neck several times to maintain a good birth with Virgil. Through these events I feel that the headman has overcome his racism, and can acquire friends with an African American. One event that proves this was when the four hoodlums were about to attack Virgil when Gillespie came to the rescue. The boys called the Chief a nigger-lover, which he just absorbed and didnt let it buzz off to him. In my opinion, if this same event happened a week earlier forrader Virgil came into the picture, Gillespie probably wouldve snapped and either arrested the boys or give them a good lashing. another(prenominal) event that backs this point is when the Chief invites Virgil over to his place. Now normally this wouldnt have been a banging 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 realize that Virgil is his equal, and he learns that he can have a family 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. after on in the film, the chief allows Virgil to remain in his office firearm the pregnant girl was telling Gillespie how Sam Carr supposedly impregnated her.