It is acceptable to conclude that the Fenger High School brawl occurred near the school, only about five to six blocks away from the actual school, due to the fact that school is a specific staging area. It is at Fenger High School where students, particularly students belonging to the Ville neighborhood and the Altgeld Garden public housing development, settled and disputed certain values that they both pertain. Fenger High School, sadly, had transformed in the most profound sense a staging area for the streets, a place where people come to present themselves, to represent where they come from, and to stay even with or to dominate their peers (94). For instance, a 17-year-old Ville resident proudly explained that they do not like them particularly
