Fences Background

Fences was a play that took play in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the 1950's. By that time baseball was a very popular sport with great athletes such as Jackie Robinson. American sport was continuing to desegregate when the Boston Celtics of the NBA draft the first the league's first African American player. The American congress was starting to to end its white only policy for American sports. This was starting to be a chance for other people to be able to participate in sports without any race issues

Politics- It was the end of WWII. Truman signs the peace treaty with Japan in 1951. In 1952 the immigration and Naturalization act ended any discrimination against becoming a US citizen. The Rosa Parks  bus incident took place around 1955. Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat in a bus. That's something brave to do. Brown vs. the Board of Education ended segregated schools.

Technology-  In 1952 car seat belts were introduced. I really never knew that, I honestly thought seat belts was created when the first car came out in the United States. In 1953 DNA was discovered be Dr. James Watson. In 1958 explorer one became the first satellite to orbit the earth. Technology was starting to advance in the 1950s.

Entertainment- Television was very popular in the 1950s. Especially when it comes to sports. Sports was very frequently announced in television. In 1957 Dr. Seuss published the Cat In the Hat. A great book for kids and even today.

Race and racism

      Pretty sure, most young people does not know what they should know about their race or cultural background. Race and racism is something that everyone should know, especially about them selves.All they know is that they are African American, Hispanic and etc. and know nothing else about their culture. Some say that people face race and racism the same no matter their gender. There really is no difference in how genders experience race and racism.
      Almost everybody knows about their race. Either if they are black, Hispanic, and etc. One thing tho is that they don't know much. There are also some young people who does not accept their race due to the opinion of others. They say that they are too dark, too light and etc. Young people do not experience race differently by their gender. For example, in a video that I have seen, a black females mother told her that the way her hair was was too African. Pretty sure someone would say the same thing to a black man. There really is no difference.
      Just like how there can be a race between a white guy and a white women. They can have the same speed no matter what the gender is. You can be a guy and be an artist and there can be a women who can do the same thing. Back in history, when there were slaves, women and men almost did the same thing. They were all treated the same.  If you escaped, being a women or a man, you will be punished.
      What young people know about races is that they were treated differently depending on their color. That they were treated differently because of their race. But one thing is that there was no difference in gender on how they were treated. If you are human then you would be treated the same as every other human. Just like in class, if one person gets in trouble, everybody has to deal with it as well.