August Wilson's prize-winning play includes heavy use of the N-word by its Black characters, and when Faith Fox found out that her 14-year-old's class would be studying Fences, she protested to the school repeatedly. ("It wasn't something that I thought was appropriate for a roomful of elite, affluent white children.") She says her son was […]
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:01AM on December 15, 2020