1. FOREST GUMP
OVERVIEW
Miriam Sid

2. Racism
 Racism is a global issue
 It is the belief that some ones race can justify
discrimination
 In other words, racism acts as a justification for
non-equal treatment of members of a race

3. Portrayals of racism in Forrest
Gump
 (notes)
 On June 11th 1963, While attending college
Forrest Gump witnesses George Wallace’s
promise of segregation and prevent
desegregation at the University of Alabama. It
was called Stand in the schoolhouse door.