Cultural_Michael+Faith+Incident

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2. Michael Faith Incident 3. Samantha De Bonis 4. The Michael Faith Incident was a "racially motivated" fight that occurred at a South Boston High School when Michael Faith was stabbed. In the lewiston Evening Journal it was stated, "there was a 600 student walk out wednesday at Roslindale and Hyde Park was reported tense Wednesday with a walk out threatened"(Gregory Nokes). The cultural influence of this incident is the fact that people felt as if the blacks were being forced in to the schools and that they are to take over. If the walk out would not have happened if an African American stabbed a white person today. People would not assume that it was a racial act or even a hate crime. As a result to the stabbing the blacks were trapped inside and had objects thrown at them. It was reported that, "Eleven police officers and at lease five citizens were injored and required treatment Wednesday after being struck by bricks, stones, and other flying objects hurled by a crowd of angry whites outside the school's main building"(Roxbury ). This was blown out of proportion because of the racial influences. People back then used this to prove that blacks should not be in the same schools as whites. Overall this issue provides a valid example of the controversies back than.

5. South Boston Schools Closed Today, Friday. Lewiston Evening Journal. 12 Dec 1974. Print "Education: Southie Boils Over - TIME." Breaking News, Analysis, Politics, Blogs, News Photos, Video, Tech Reviews. Web. 06 Jan. 2011