Summary: The Fear Of Interracial Marriage

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Here Mr. Lindner made his words very clear, that the Youngers are not welcomed in the Clybourne Park neighborhood and their presence is as a threat to their way of life. This gets all the family members mad at him and they threw him out of their house.
Beneatha was so angry about what happened. She wondered "What they think we going to do – eat ‘em?" then RUTH answered "No, honey, marry ‘em." (2.3.102-3) Ruth here suggests that racialism is a result of a fear of interracial marriage. As Some white people were very concerned about interracial marriage. It is as a threat to their culture.

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