Connections

In "The Great White Hope," Jack says, "All I got to do is be black and die!" In "Lean On Me," Joe Clark paraphrases the same line when he is arrested and put in jail.

scene where Thomas Sams is stuffed into a locker and locked in - same as the gym scene where Matt Dillon did the same to Chris Makepeace

References the music video

The educational style of Joe Clark resembles this show. Youth are part. Plus this movie is set in northern New Jersey, the same place the show is shot.

Chains on the rooftop doors.

During the "Young Black People on a Rhythm Team" scene