How Does Hansberry Present Prejudice In A Raisin In The Sun

Lorraine Hansberry’s realistic play A Raisin in the Sun portrays prejudice through the many complications of the Younger family. Walter Lee Younger, for example, is jealous of “them white boys sitting back and talking ‘bout things… sitting there turning deals worth millions of dollars” while he himself is a chauffeur for a rich white man. He is the biggest prejudice of all, as he is dissatisfied with himself, and his life. Walter Younger is unable to provide for his family in spite of his growing age (he is already in his thirties) and this problem makes him feel less like a man. Throughout the play, Walter complains about how his wife does not own nor wear pearls —“Yes, I want to hang some real pearls 'round my wife's neck. Ain't she supposed