Talk:Fences (play)

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Does Fences really "examine race relations"? There's not even a single white person in the play. Maxson is poor; that's about as much as you can say "race relations" are touched upon in this play. Fences is a good play, but let's not pretend it's a critique of racism just because it's centered around African-Americans and written by an African-American author. That's pretty stereotypical, is it not?


 * In answer to this comment. Yes Fences does really portray the effects of racism in that era. And it is not necessary to write in a white part to give validity to the racism being apparent. Apparently, the arrogance of this statement shows the overt superior state of mind to address an African American playwright as not qualified to speak on the behalf of African Americans. Thank God there are whites that appreciate being able to get a look into the window of the African American life, without dissention and animosity about not being included.


 * Also, fuck being poor does not have anything to do with race relations. And yes the effect of a racist society does.

the humanity!the humanaty

Ok, give ONE example as to how it portrays the effects of racism in that era. I agree with post #1, just because the characters are African-American doesnt mean its actually about race. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 150.108.157.77 (talk) 16:55, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

in my opinion, august wilson was not trying to show racism between blacks and whites but actually to show racism as how troy treats his family and those around him as the whites treated blacks(inferiority). the significance of the setting in the beginning of the book was to show how the blacks were treated and to later compare troy's behavior toward his family and friends to that of the whites.so to address the first comment, there need not be a white person in the play because the race realation are not that of blacks to whites but of troy to his surrounding. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.252.251.186 (talk) 20:35, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

This play is not so much about racism, but about the black community at the time, which was more than touched by racism. It does portray racism, but it is not at the forefront. When Troy gets promoted to driver, his supervisor is obviously unhappy about it, Troy sees the devil as a white man, the man who wins the numbers opens a restaurant and serves a bowl of meat to a white man while the black man who comes in after only gets some vegetables. This is also about the changing times, as Troy IS promoted and Cory was being recruited for college football. To re-iterate, not a play about race relations, but they are touched upon and deserve some mention. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.117.118.173 (talk) 05:15, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

What about Troy's affair with Alberta and his daughter that Rose agrees to raise?
How was this significant part of the play (and movie) not included in this article? I have added it. Peter K Burian (talk) 14:54, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

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