Audience+Rabbit

Audience Maddy Bynes The Audience of the Rabbit Inn Incidence was truly the people of South Boston. This is evident in the fact that thousands showed up after the incident. In Paul Saba’s The Boston Busing Struggle, she states what people in the Southern portion of Boston were mad about, “Tensions were high in South Boston and the leadership of the organized anti-busing forces were using the busing plan to pin the blame for the TPF attacks on Black people, saying that if “Blacks weren’t trying to come in and take over our schools,” etc., the TPF wouldn’t be there” (Saba). By stating “the TPF wouldn’t be there” she insinuates the reason for the riots and struggles in the area are because of the audience of the white people who reside in South Boston. It is apparent the people of South Boston are mad at the “black people” who have come into the area. The Audience in the Rabbit Inn Incident was the people of South Boston, in specific, the white population.

The Rabbit Inn Incident also had the audience of African American students. In the 1960’s the racism in South Boston was extreme and many people tried to get federal involvement from the presidential administration (Boston: From the Schools to the streets). Time magazine was one of these organization headlining one of their magazines with, “SCHOOL SITUATION WORSENS, VIOLENCE SPREADS, BLACKS URGE FEDERAL ACTION” (Boston: From the Schools to the Streets). Time showed a picture of white men trying to hurt an African American school kid. This makes one of the audiences of the Rabbit Inn Incident African American people. Time specifically tried to target African Americans to get federal involvement. Works Cited Saba, Paul. Boston Busing Struggle Sharpens. Revolution, Vol. 2, No. 10 November 1974. 28 March 2012. Print.

Boston: From the Schools to the Streets. Time Magazine. 23 March 2012. Web.