A Raisin in the Sun and Dutchman: The Representation of Assimilation/Nationalism in the Two Plays

Abstract

I will analyze the characters in the two works on the basis of which characters want to assimilate and which are against it, adding the claim that while Hansberry offers a solution to end segregation and discrimination, Baraka shows the outcome of assimilation on the black person’s side with the purpose of emphasizing his own belief against it and warning blacks to the danger it might entail.