Racism In Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin In The Sun

Why is it so hard to be a Black person living in America? It is because the White culture has never wanted to see Blacks as equal or superior to their race. To prevent such thing from happening, racist Whites set up obstacles that stand in the way of Blacks ever reaching their full potential. Therefore, Blacks must go through White supremacy and stereotypes on a daily basis in order to survive. This is evident in the novels and stories read in our African-American Literature course. First, in A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, the Younger family is denied its rights of freedom when the Welcome Committee does not want them to move into their new home in the White neighborhood. Second, in The Emmett Till Murder Case, by Douglas O. Linder, Emmett Till is killed
Third, in The Street by Ann Petry, Lutie’s son, Bub, cleans shoes in the streets of Harlem for a low-pay. Finally, in The Ethics of Living Jim Crow, an autobiography by Richard Wright, Wright ends up losing his job when he forgets to properly address one of his White supervisors as “Sir.” The psychological effects of being Black in America include the Younger family not feeling welcomed in an all-White neighborhood, Emmett Till being seen as a target by the racist Whites, Bub being seen valueless by working a low-paying job, and Richard Wright feeling unsafe at his job. However, despite the psychological effects the Black characters goes through, each can overcome White racism by knowing what the Whites are capable of doing and being educated to know when and where to exercise their rights at the appropriate time and place.
The ability for Black citizens to acknowledge their rights under the Constitution is one way they can overcome Whites’ obstacles and survive in America. In the play A Raisin in the Sun, the Younger family is a group of Black people living in the south-side of Chicago. Their dreams and rights to buy a home in an