Equality In A Raisin In The Sun

Equality Back in the 1950’s Compared to Modern Time
Chicago is a well known city for being called the“Windiest City”; Chicago is also very well know for their crimes, and equality issues. African Americans and Whites are the two primary races that hold these issues. Within the law, equality between both races has progressed over the years, although their feelings of equality between one another, hold different opinions. Whites and African Americans both have thought about one another through past racial events to drive up opinions against one another. A written play, A Raisin in the Sun, holds the feelings between African American and Whites before it even improved. Since the play, A Raisin in the Sun, racial feelings, for both races, in equality
hasn’t changed much over the years.
During the Time of 1950’s
To begin, in the 1950’s in South Side Chicago, a well known play that is called, A Raisin in the Sun, holds this setting. This was a time period when segregation held an important factor.
African Americans didn’t want segregation, and wanted to hold the same rights as the Whites. The feeling of equality was different from the wanting the law to fix equality between both races. African Americans in the 1950’s, felt discriminated from anything and everything including, restaurants, public services, e.t.c. (“Disadvantages of Black Americans in the 1950’s” 2016). Also, African Americans felt that Whites held a larger income, and for that getting bigger opportunities. In the play, A Raisin in the Sun, Walter and George have a discussion about education. In Act two, Scene one, “And you—ain’t you bitter, man? Ain’t you just about had it yet? Don’t you see no stars gleaming that you can’t reach out and grab? … Here I am a giant—surrounded by ants. Ants who can’t even understand what it is the giant is talking about.” Here Walter and George are holding a discussion about Walter talking down upon George, and his higher education. Even though Walter and George are the same race, the difference is how they grew up in their families; George grew up in a wealthier family than George did, and George portrayed as the “White” race figure in this play. Whites during this time period felt
that African Americans didn’t have the opportunities that Whites do. Whites lived in wealthier homes, had wealthier jobs, e.t.c, but African Americans seem to get the less valued homes, jobs, e.t.c. For example, looking in the play, A Raisin in the Sun, Beneatha is talking with her mother about George being the first family she has even met that isn’t in poverty. In Act one, Scene one, “Oh, Mama – The Murchisons are honest-to-God-real-live-rich colored people, and the only people in the world who are more snobbish than rich white people are rich colored people. I thought everybody knew that. I’ve met Mrs. Murchison. She’s a scene!” African Americans live in poverty, a mass majority, and Whites lived in the wealthier lives; Beneath refers the Whites as being snobby because of them having a higher status in living.
Modern Time No Improvement
Furthermore, modern time has improved in equality with not just through the laws, but of how Whites and African Americans think of one another. Whites and African Americans in modern time have different opinions, and treat each other differently. For example, Chicago is a well-known city in the United States; holding a population of 2,695,598; of this population, 1,212,835 are Whites, and 887,608 are African Americans. With a low amount of population in Chicago, African Americans, poverty is one of many causes for this. For example, Robert Ross explains this in his article about poverty with African Americans. In this research, Whites show no emotion to problems resulting in poverty, and Whites believe that it’s another person’s problem not theirs. Another example of Whites In the year of 2013, was an article called, “Video Released of 2013 Chicago Police Shooting of Black Teen.” This article is about an African American being shot by a White police officer. To the community, the situation was thought of being racist because there are two different races, and because the white officer didn’t have the right away to shoot the African American. The community having different races, primarily African Americans and Whites, both have different opinions and chose the side of the story that is their race color. African Americans might feel that the African American that was shot wasn’t his fault, but the White police officer is of fault in the situation. Clearly over the years, there hasn’t been much improvement with emotions, although law wise it has improved little by little.