Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin In The Sun

A Raisin in the Sun took place in Chicago during the civil rights movement, where African Americans did not have the same rights or opportunity as the whites. Blacks dealt with discrimination every day just like how Mama did. Mama’s late husband just passed and she is living with her kids and grandkid trying to keep living in this new lifestyle. In the play, Mama had dealt with discrimination from her own kids putting each other down due to their race, being judged by her new neighbors for moving into an all white community and living knowing how life was for her slave ancestors. Mama lived a long time and knew not to think any lower of herself for being black and she wanted to show her family not to ignore their true potential. “Plenty. My husband always said being any kind of a servant wasn’t a fit thing for a man to have to be. He always said a man’s hands was made to

I want you to believe me when I tell you that race prejudice simply doesn’t enter into it. It is a matter of the people of Clybourne Park believing, rightly or wrongly, as I say, that for the happiness of all concerned that our Negro families are happier when they live in their own communities.”(Hansberry,pg.118), Linder was trying to convince the Youngers that it had nothing to do with being racist and tries to make it appear as if none of this was his idea. The Youngers did not fall for it and told him to get out until Walter had called him over later on in the play. Walter at first was going to put his pride aside and take the money, but he decided to do what was right and stand up for himself and his family. “I am afraid you don’t understand. My son said we was going to move and there ain’t nothing left for me to say.” (Hansberry, pg.148) Mama was proud to see that her son made the right choice by not letting others do whatever they want with you just because they are