This discrimination as portrayed through Troy deprives the African Americans the chance of making it in life despite their abilities. However, this was not the case, as the administrators could not allow him since it was until much later when he was already aged that the league administrators started accepting black players into the teams. Troy could have used this opportunity and earned a living as well as bridge the gap by climbing up the social ladder as provided for by the American dream. Despite the fact that he was skilled and could play better than most white players could in the league, Troy could not secure a favor of acceptance in the league following the regulations that were in place aimed at racially discriminating the blacks. The fact that Troy was a skilled baseball player in his youthful days but never found him a chance to get a place in the Major League Baseball due to the color of his skin beats the essence of the American dream (Koprince 345).

The prison experience provides a deeper explanation as to the disproportionate number of blacks to whites in American prisons. The sense of equal opportunities was not appreciable those days despite the fact that the American state had declared freedom and equality to everyone regardless of the race (Miller 44). This explains the reason why Troy, having left his father at a tender age had to live in shanties, steal and end up in prison.

As emphasized through Troy’s experiences as a youth, the blacks were cast into a competitive capitalistic society while they were unprepared.

However, an obvious sense of disillusionment follows this considering that they had no resources and infrastructure to depend upon. According to the tales, when the blacks were freed, they migrated from the south towards the north where they expected to lead much better lives with plenty opportunities. The woes of the black American however, as revealed in the tales that Troy and Boon exchange started way back and are rooted in the slavery experience of the blacks. Throughout the two generations that are represented in the play Troy’s and Cory’s, the experiences of the black man tend to take an important change for the better (Koprince 346). Intersection of racism with the attainment of the American Dream in “Fences” “Fences” reveals the obstacles that the different issues of race put on the way towards the realization of the American dream by the African-Americans with a close analysis of the characters in the play. The American dream makes it clear through its guarantee of the freedom and equality with the promise of prosperity and success as per the ability or personal achievements of every American citizen. The title of the play alludes on the boundary that exists between the whites and the blacks in the United States of America.

Fences by August Wilson