August Wilson

August Wilson’s Legacy made up his contribution in the theatre, which included many different plays he has done. He has won two Pulitzer prizes for his drama plays. Every one of his plays was made from each different decade that involved tragic aspects of the African American Experience in the 20^th century. People see him as a good play writer for his famous play Fences, is referred to as “the tragedy of the common man.” And His best work is considered to describe a world that only a good amount of audiences have seen, as it challenges wisdom about race. While he was creating these Plays he intended to give a message on how race, language and power come across in the World. And in one of the plays he notes how the struggle of being an African American in the 20^th century and he shows the audience how it really is a big factor now and in the past. In the Article Straight Talk about the N-Word There is a quote I would like to share, speaking of how the N-word is used it says “young black teens like to use the word as a friendly word” (Lester) I understand that but now that it is history those teens think it was only for their use because of the past it started with them not the nonblack teens. And also there is a quote showing how we have to use the word in a responsible way not just throwing the word out there for fun but in a smart manner. “To self-reflect critically on how we all use language and the extent to which language is a reflection of our innermost thoughts” (Lester). As you see here Wilsons message has reached a huge extent of people and it’s the movement he has produce for others to learn and take in from his plays.