challenges stereotypes of African American people in the play by making thepeople rather than
caricatures and by giving them qualities that stereotypical African American people at the time
wouldn't have demonstrated.
Each member of the Younger family is a full
person with motivations that are explained to the audience.wants her family to escape from the
place where they live; her children,and , want to find their careers and places in the world.
The money they receive offers all of them a different means to get what they want.
Beneatha wants to be a doctor, which wasn't a common career path for African American
women at that time. Walter is attempting to start his own business. This was also less than
common at a time, when prejudices were so fierce that people like the Youngers were discouraged
from moving into housing developments. These goals show that Beneatha and Walter are not just
stereotypesthey're people who want things for...
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