Assimilation In A Raisin In The Sun

Cultural assimilation can be very detrimental to someone and their identity. In A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, situations of cultural assimilation can be clearly seen within some of the characters. Specifically we see a character named George Murchinson face the impacts of assimilation. In the book he and his family represent how cultural assimilation can have a negative impact on someone based on the way they act and present themselves. George, as well as his family show how assimilation is bad and can affect the way you seem to be to other people/society and the public. When Beneatha Younger (George’s girlfriend) is talking about George and his family alongside Mama (her mother), Beneatha states (Hansberry 48) ,”oh,

This is important because you are able to develop your identity and become more aware of the people around you. As well, being confident in yourself. In the article Lessons for Manhood for African-American boys by Patricia Leigh Brown, Lamar Hancock, an instructor at a city's highest-ranking public high school says ,” ‘I see students with passion burning in their brains whose parents are not academic,’ he said. ‘They’re looking for some kind of influence.’.” This expresses the idea that not having any influence can really be poor for someone and their identity and . If they assimilate to any ideas because they have no influence of who they are and their culture they can cling onto the wrong ideas. In another article called “What Does It Take to Assimilate in America?” by Laila Lalami it states,” Immigrants contribute to America in a million different ways, from growing the food on our tables to creating the technologies we use every day. They commit far fewer crimes than native-born citizens”. This indicates that people bringing things from their culture (cultural diffusion ) is positive and it is good for the economy. So, keeping your culture, sharing your ideas,beliefs, traditions, etc can really help society and have a great impact on your identity, but if you lose your culture by thinking you should be different because that's what's “normal” you are wrong and can lose the real