Signifyin In The Sun Reflection
Reflection Paper 3
Charlotte Brown
HUM 102/ Bethel University
Reflection Paper 3 In the article, “Signifyin(g) When Vexed: Black Feminist Revision, Anger, and A Raisin in the Sun” by Sarah Orem the author takes a look at the play “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry. In the opening paragraph Orem looks at Lorraine Hansberry and contrast her being a black feminist woman with the typical playwrights of the time being white, male and “chauvinism often bordering on misogyny” Orem reviews the outlook of how Hansberry fely about the “Angry Young Men” playwrights from the British theatre scene and sees nothing but oppression and states that of this equality that is presented within the United States is a sham and leads her to feeling …show more content…
In order to live in the house their neighbors enforced a restrictive covenant which resulted in legal issues trying to force the family to move. The result went all the way to the Supreme Court (Carter, 1980) and it was ruled contestable. He father later died and Hansberry stated that American racism had helped him die.
The significance of this legal battle and the ensuing fallout lead Hansberry to want to change the world and not only how America viewed its black citizens but to promote change through her art form. It was this class inequality that inspired her writing. Her parents both were involved in politics which lead Lorraine to seek change through art and changing the ideas of people about what her characters represented true Americans. Its importance in the cultural landscape is that it was the first play on Broadway to be written by a black woman. Its intent was to allow for people to see the frustration of encountering such blatant racism in everyday life and how someone trying to survive can overcome despite the
Charlotte Brown
HUM 102/ Bethel University
Reflection Paper 3 In the article, “Signifyin(g) When Vexed: Black Feminist Revision, Anger, and A Raisin in the Sun” by Sarah Orem the author takes a look at the play “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry. In the opening paragraph Orem looks at Lorraine Hansberry and contrast her being a black feminist woman with the typical playwrights of the time being white, male and “chauvinism often bordering on misogyny” Orem reviews the outlook of how Hansberry fely about the “Angry Young Men” playwrights from the British theatre scene and sees nothing but oppression and states that of this equality that is presented within the United States is a sham and leads her to feeling …show more content…
In order to live in the house their neighbors enforced a restrictive covenant which resulted in legal issues trying to force the family to move. The result went all the way to the Supreme Court (Carter, 1980) and it was ruled contestable. He father later died and Hansberry stated that American racism had helped him die.
The significance of this legal battle and the ensuing fallout lead Hansberry to want to change the world and not only how America viewed its black citizens but to promote change through her art form. It was this class inequality that inspired her writing. Her parents both were involved in politics which lead Lorraine to seek change through art and changing the ideas of people about what her characters represented true Americans. Its importance in the cultural landscape is that it was the first play on Broadway to be written by a black woman. Its intent was to allow for people to see the frustration of encountering such blatant racism in everyday life and how someone trying to survive can overcome despite the