Can I do "An Interview August Wilson" Too?

David Savran rakes playwright, August Wilson's mind with questions about the meaning behind his play Fences. In this interview, Wilson begins by talking about how children will share the same morals and/or values such as their parents. He continues to say that children wouldn't be their parents’ children if they didn't share characteristics. Wilson then shifts the conversation and talks about how African Americans' "assimilation to white American society was a big mistake." He states that Blacks have victimized themselves. They believe that they belong in the projects and poverty. They believed that mistreatment and discrimination from whites is a part of life but once they realize that that is not true, they can start pushing themselves into society. Savran then goes on to ask Wilson about "hostility between father and son" and if "it's a healthy and a good thing." Wilson responses with a firm "Oh yeah;" he says that it is healthy because the father is just preparing his son for a tough world. He states that a father has a sense of satisfaction when a son challenges him because he is strengthening his son for when he steps into the real world. The interview closes with Wilson talking about how everyone gets institutionalized whether they realized or not. The institution can vary from penitentiary, mental hospital, and even a church.

One of the things that caught most of my attention was when Wilson talked about African Americans victimizing themselves. I have met several people with that mentally; the belief that African Americans have been victims of the whites and they are owed something. Yes, I agree that Africans were victims of much torture. However, today’s African Americans shouldn't blame their negativity on the past. I repeat myself several Africans Americans think this way, not all.