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The niece of playwright August Wilson is sharing her concerns after a private school in Charlotte ended the contract of a 14-year-old Black student when his mother complained of his class reading Wilson’s Fences for a school assignment. Faith Fox, the mom of 9th grader Jamel Van Rensalier, told WBTV in December that her son’s enrollment contract at Providence Day School was terminated after she complained about the play’s use of the N-word and lack of diversity in her son’s classroom. Dr. Kimberly Ellis, scholar and niece of August Wilson, says she understands why Fox had concerns. ....
Scholar, niece of âFencesâ playwright sends letter to Charlotte school after student contract terminated August Wilson s niece talks Fences controversy By Brandon Hamilton | January 13, 2021 at 11:52 PM EST - Updated February 9 at 2:49 PM CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - After a controversial assignment gained national attention last month, the niece of the playwright also shared her concerns. Faith Fox told WBTV in December that her 14-year-old son, Jamel Van Rensalier, had his enrollment contract terminated from Providence Day School in Charlotte after she raised concerns about his class reading August Wilsonâs âFences.â Some of the concerns included the use of the N-word in the play and the lack of diversity in her sonâs classroom. Dr. Kimberly Ellis, scholar and niece of August Wilson, says she understands why Fox had concerns. ....
WCCB Charlotte s CW December 17, 2020 CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Some words seem to matter very much to the adults who run Providence Day School. They want to make it clear that 14-year-old Jamel Van Rensalier was not “expelled” from the school he’s attended since he was 4; instead, they say his “enrollment was terminated.” Terminated, they say, because of the words his mother, attorney Faith Fox, used in an email to a Black school administrator. Fox wrote, in part, “You fail miserably at your job and are a disgrace to the Black community. I am embarrassed for you as a so-called expert and representative of the school. You stopped working here years ago…if you ever did.” ....
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