Inequalities In A Raisin In The Sun

“Human rights are not only violated by terrorism, repression or assassination, but also by unfair economic structures that creates huge inequalities” (Pope Francis). When it comes to terrorism all across the globe, people are highly concerned; however, when it comes to socioeconomic inequality concentrated within their own cities, people are ignorant. Pope Francis compares economic inequalities to terrorism, repression, or assassination, because each of those violates human rights. To some people, this comparison may seem too extreme, but in reality it is not unreasonable. Our country has taken many measures to prevent terrorist attacks, yet we have turned a blind eye to our own citizens who are homeless or in poverty. If anything, we contributed
In fiction, this can be represented by a scene in the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, in which a moving family of African-Americans are rejected by the existing residents of their destination. They even go so far as to send a man to say that they aren’t wanted, but they can move into this lovely all-black neighborhood instead! In response, the family’s enraged mother states that “Them houses they put up for colored in them areas way out all seem to cost twice as much as other houses. I did the best I could” (Hansberry 2.i). She can’t afford -- and doesn’t want -- a decent house in a black town, because they are only able to move off of the payoff from the grandfather’s life insurance. They can barely afford their `current shoddy living condition as it is! And this isn’t only a problem in fiction. In the article, “A crumbling, dangerous south side creates exodus of black Chicagoans”, it is said that “A recent study found that half of [Chicago]’s African-American men between 20 and 24 were unemployed or not attending college.” (W. Lee, Reverse Black Flight). These statistics show that, even so close as Chicago, African-Americans cannot afford college or get a job to support their