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6. Desegregation brought further problems to the races in Odessa. This is because although desegregation occurred no one in Odessa wanted it to occur and so races still did not accept one another. Nate Hearne, the only black coach at Permian in 1988 said, “We know that we’re separate, until we get on the field. We know that we’re equal athletes. But once we get off the field we’re not equal. When it comes time to play the game, we are part of it. But after the game, we are not a part of it” (Bissinger 107). This quote shows that although there was the attempt at desegregating the schools, the people in Odessa still had very little respect for other races, for example, the African Americans. Many whites in Odessa had little to no respect for African Americans. They only wanted them in football because it was what the blacks were “good at”. Other than football though, whites in Odessa treated the blacks poorly, which cause further problems within the community. Desegregation caused even more problems with different races because it forced them to be together even though they didn’t want to be. -Anna Clark

6. The book Friday Night Lights shows how the blacks and whites mixed together after the schools and society were desegregated. In this book, black and white people live together in society, but did not always fit the way society thought. In the book Friday Night Lights the only black coach Nate Hearne said, “We fit as athletes, but we really don’t fit as a part of society”(Bissinger, 107). This coach provided an insight about what it was like to be African American and living in the Odessa society. The people of the town had always accepted the black as athletes, but other then that the town thought of them as a waste of space. Even though there were laws in place upon segregation and how it was not allowed any more the people still segregated each other from the different races. The town continued to be split except when there was a game at the high school, then the people of Odessa thought of the African American Athletes actually commended and deserved respect. This is how the town of Odessa reacted to segregation laws. -Ricky Orozco

6. Desegregation brought many problems to the Odessa town. This is because the races throughout Odessa did not want to accept each other. Therefore, desegregation was being allowed to happen. According to Nate Hearne, the only black coach at Permian in 1988, We know that we’re separate, until we get on the field. We know that we’re equal athletes. But once we get off the field we’re not equal. When it comes time to play the game, we are part of it. But after the game, we are not a part of it” (Bissinger 107). This quote explains that the team puts its differences aside once the game starts on Friday nights. However, once the game is over and everyone goes on with their lives, the desegregating began again. -Cody Woody