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Black Student Forced Out Of Predominantly White North Carolina School After Mom Takes Issue With Use Of 'Fences' Play - Blavity

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August Wilson, Fences Theater Exhibit at the National Museum of African American History & Culture on January 15, 2017 in Washington,D.C. ( / Photo Credit: Getty Images
Black Student Forced Out Of Predominantly White North Carolina School After Mom Takes Issue With Use Of Fences Play
A Black mother battled a group of teachers over whether August Wilson s Fences should be read in school.
A dispute over Pulitzer Prize-winning play
Fences has led to the expulsion of a Black student in North Carolina, according to The New York Times.
Faith Fox told the newspaper that her son, 14-year-old Jamel, had been expelled from Providence Day School in Charlotte, North Carolina after she raised an issue with a group of teachers over their decision to use August Wilson s play during a lesson. ....

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Black student expelled from his school after his mom complained his class would be studying 'Fences'

Black student, 14, is expelled from his North Carolina private school after his lawyer mom complained his 9th grade class would be studying Pulitzer Prize winning Fences
Faith Fox spoke with teachers at Providence Day School last month to voice her concerns about the August Wilson play, which looks at racism in 1950s America
Fences won the Pulitzer Prize in 1987 and was later adapted into a movie
It features racial slurs; the school said students would say the n word aloud
Fox said she aired concerns the material might be too mature for the teens
She questioned how appropriate it was for a room of elite, affluent white kids ....

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A Black student's mother complained about 'Fences.' He was expelled.

A Black student's mother complained about 'Fences.' He was expelled.
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Black Student Expelled After Mother Complains About 'Fences'

A Black Student’s Mother Complained About ‘Fences.’ He Was Expelled.
A dispute about the reading of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play in an English class escalated at the mostly white Providence Day School in Charlotte, N.C.
Faith Fox and her son Jamel.Credit.Travis Dove for The New York Times
Dec. 15, 2020
When the mother of a Black ninth grader at a private school in Charlotte, N.C., learned last month that his English class was going to be studying August Wilson’s “Fences,” an acclaimed play examining racism in 1950s America, she complained to the school.
The drama, which won a Pulitzer Prize in 1987 and was adapted into a critically praised film starring Denzel Washington in 2016, is about a Black family and is peppered with racial slurs from the first page. ....

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