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A Raisin In The Sun - Term Papers

A Raisin In The Sun

Betty Mckinney
Dr. Karen Sisk
English 161
July 7, 2016

Life of A Black Family

The play A Raisin in the Sun was written by Lorraine Hansberry in 1959. Lorraine Hansberry is a black female who was raised in the 50's and 60's and experienced racism and segregation.
The play is about dreams and a black family living in a one-bedroom apartment on Chicago's south side. The family had moved there when the mama Lena and the late Walter Sr. had first got married. They only planned on living there a short time. The family was very poor but they were expecting an insurance check that the late Walter had left for them. The check was to come on a Saturday. Everyone had different ideas of ...

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We bleed the same blood. I do not think we should judge people by the color of their skin. They work as hard as anyone else. I know people say the color people are lazy bad but I know white people that are the same lazy and bad. I really do not understand this world we live in because you should never judge a book by its cover just as if you should never judge a person by their color.
This play is also about racism. Racism is a major issue that has affected the United States for years. Some people still today believe that African Americans are inferior to Caucasians. The United States has improved but still has a long way to go about racism. We still have areas in the United States that are segregated. Even in the schools we have problems with racism. In 1953 it was abolished that segregation in the schools. A nine-year-old girl named Linda Brown was blocked from enrolling in all-white Sumner Elementary School in Topeka, Kan. Her family sued the Topeka Board of Education, and ...

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Added: 7/20/2016 10:06:03 PM
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Category: African Studies
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