A Raisin In The Sun Divisive Essay

Race might be the most divisive thing, mankind experiences during their lifetime. Race being divisive is not all bad, because without race the world would be a very dull place indeed. However, some people think that because they are part of one race, they are better than another race. Racism stems from the fact that one believes that their race is superior to other races. Every person will have to deal with the effects of racial differences during their life. For example, the narrator in The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man and Walter in A Raisin in the Sun will have to face the effects of their race. Some people are proud of their race and some are ashamed of their race and want to be a part of the other race. The narrator is of a mixed background and can pass for a black or white person, ultimately he will have to decide which race to be a part of.

The narrator is of a black mother and
He thinks that the whites are the “tookers” and blacks are the “tooketh” Walter desperately wants to be a tooker and describes that ambition in this quote “Hell, yes, I want me some yachts someday! Yes, I want to hang some real pearls 'round my wife's neck.” (Hansberry 571) With the $10,000 life insurance check, Mama puts a down payment on a house in an all-white neighborhood. Mr. Lindner who wants to buy the house back, offers the family a large sum for the house. Walter invites Mr. Lindner over to presumably sell the house but surprises everyone and politely declines the offer. “we have decided to move into our house because my father—my father—he earned it for us brick by brick.” (Hansberry 575) Walter ultimately did make the right decision to occupy the home in the all-white neighborhood. Walter essentially told Mr. Lindner that he didn’t care if everyone else in the neighborhood was a different race than he was, because he was proud of his race and wasn’t going to back down because of