Stereotypes In Fences, By August Wilson

Not getting support because of a stereotype is a confusing and scary place for a young child. As a kid I wanted to play basketball but my hobby, my daily life was taken away after my parents told me I can’t be playing that sport because sooner or later I’m going to come across a “nigger” that will cause me trouble in possibilities of robbing me, getting angry after a game and hitting me, and many more problems, maybe death. My developing brain created a fence around people of color, to stay my distance, change to a sport that will my race will be playing at my local park. In the book “Fences” by August Wilson, the main character named Troy is a african-american man in his 50’s. He has a son named Cory, Troy stops him from playing football in college since he doesn’t believe Cory will make it due to the fact that he’s black and they only accept whites into pro-football. …show more content…
If things go right, and that's a big if; you will strive in life. Putting all your time into that one thing, building up a pillar can be dangerous if it all fails. Your pillar will fall and you are left with having to restart from nothing. Troy doesn’t want this to happen to Cory as he puts most of his time into going to football practices instead of getting a real job. Troy also has no faith in Cory making it pass the try-outs not because of his talent but because Troy thinks they only accept whites. Cory gets mad at Troy’s decision and they argue and eventually fight later on in the novel. Not everyone has the same view on racism. If it’s not racism it’s another type of fence telling you that you