Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin In The Sun

During the 1950’s major civil rights victories occurred for African Americans. Although several new found prohibits on segregation commenced, racism and hatred could never perish. In the play A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry displays the Younger family’s strenuous duration of attempting to reach their dreams even in the face of racial prejudice. Living a poverty-stricken life with deferred dreams of each family member; facing racism is just another quotidian obstacle for the Younger’s. Because of the death of Big Walter, Mama’s late husband, the family discovers the feeling of being in possession of ten thousand dollars. The decision Mama comes to is utilizing the money to unbind the family from an acutely tedious life in a two bedroom apartment with four adults, a child, and an unborn baby; however, the home is in Clybourne Park, a solely white community. On moving day Beneatha, Walter, and Ruth encounter a rather timid man by the name of Karl Linder. Asserting he is the welcoming committee and having a mannerly way about him conceals his true racist tendencies. “But you’ve got to admit that a …show more content…
“(Putting on his glasses and drawing a form out of the briefcase) Our association is prepared, through the collective effort of our people, to buy the house from you at a financial gain to your family.” (118) Subsequently the family is flabbergasted by the hatred and the length that the community is willing to go to segregate themselves from an African American family. Linder is incapable to perturb the family any longer after being told to leave. Linder leaves his card as he obtusely tells Walter, “You can’t force people to change their hearts, son.” (119) Mama, now being aware of Linders visit, asks for the protection of God. The family does not stay bitter for long and commences to crack jokes about the circumstances as if Linder never paid them a