An Analysis Of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin In The Sun
Empowering the formerly subjugated African American population of the early 20th century, the Harlem Renaissance envisioned an integrated nation that embraced Black culture. Rooting from the influx of African Americans in the prosperous neighborhoods of the Northeast during the Great Migration of the 1930s, the Black community took on the challenge of commencing a new era characterized by a renewed purpose, an improved economic voice, and freshly found political liberty. African Americans began asserting their intellectual identities by traversing the depths of art, music, and literature. The legacies of the African American golden age, however, begin to fade. Hidden beneath the achievements and successes of African American artists, musicians,
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Charles Lane, in his article, elaborates on “residential segregation” in modern day America that divides communities by both “class and race.” (Lane) This unfair population distribution isolates “black Americans...far more likely than others” not only in the demographic aspect but also in the cultural condition. Contrasting the Harlem Renaissance’s feat of spreading African American culture, current isolation of Black communities prevents the scope of Black cultural influence to widen. Moreover, Beneatha Younger, a character from 20th century playwright Lorraine Hansberry’s piece A Raisin in the Sun further reveals where this cultural confinement seed from. Beneatha’s search for her African identity and rejection of assimilationist ideals serve as a response to the lack of African American societal progress and the realization that “the future [is] right out of [her] hands.” (Hansberry) Affected mainly by social factors, Black spirit that used to uplift the African American community now weakens. Preventing the celebration of the Harlem Renaissance to advance, the unaltered founding history of the nation still haunt the latter-day American
Charles Lane, in his article, elaborates on “residential segregation” in modern day America that divides communities by both “class and race.” (Lane) This unfair population distribution isolates “black Americans...far more likely than others” not only in the demographic aspect but also in the cultural condition. Contrasting the Harlem Renaissance’s feat of spreading African American culture, current isolation of Black communities prevents the scope of Black cultural influence to widen. Moreover, Beneatha Younger, a character from 20th century playwright Lorraine Hansberry’s piece A Raisin in the Sun further reveals where this cultural confinement seed from. Beneatha’s search for her African identity and rejection of assimilationist ideals serve as a response to the lack of African American societal progress and the realization that “the future [is] right out of [her] hands.” (Hansberry) Affected mainly by social factors, Black spirit that used to uplift the African American community now weakens. Preventing the celebration of the Harlem Renaissance to advance, the unaltered founding history of the nation still haunt the latter-day American