Finding Forrester

[William Forrester (Sean Connery), a renowned author, has just read something that his friend Jamal Wallace (Rob Brown) wrote for the sake of Jamal.  Professor Crawford (F. Murray Abraham), had it out for Jamal from the very beginning.]

In this clip, William shows that Jamal Wallace is an exceptional young man, a man with integrity.  Jamal Wallace was accused of plagiarizing, since he had written an paper where he used some of William's own writing.  William had been working with Jamal to help him become a better writer.  

When Jamal had come to the school, Professor Crawford had made an prejudice against Jamal.  He had assumed that Jamal was coming to the school on the merits of his ability to play basketball.  Over the course of the movie Crawford becomes more entrenched to his belief that Jamal cannot be this good of a writer.  How often are we like this?  We meet somebody and we think we have it all figured out.  

Notice in scene how Crawford changes color when William tells everybody that those words that he spoke are not his, but Jamal's.  Then Crawford still wants to assert control and say well Jamal Wallace still deserves a "just" decision.  It is amazing how when we get comfortable in our seats of power that we will allow no one to challenge that power.  What is it in the human condition that makes us think of ourselves as better than others, or the decider of men's fate?  Is there anything this day that God is asking you to let go of?  Is there anything that you are too comfortable with?