Which races are usually affected by gentrification?
People of color
100
What city does ARITS take place in?
Chicago
100
What is Mama's dream?
To buy a real home for her family.
200
Why are the Youngers receiving $10,000?
Because they're getting a life insurance check for Big Walter's death.
200
What piece of news does Mrs. Johnson bring up with Mama?
The bombings against POC in white neighborhoods.
Followup: Why does Mrs. Johnson bring this up?
200
Define gentrification.
Process by which higher income households displace lower income residents of a neighborhood, changing the essential character of that neighborhood.
200
What time period does ARITS take place in?
The 1950's
200
Why is Ruth considered a "settled woman"?
Because she settled for less in life than her dreams.
300
How do Ruth and Mama refer to their apartment?
a) Rat trap
b) Hell hole
c) Slum
d) Shanty house
a) Rat trap
300
Why are Ruth and Walter upset that the house Mama bought is in Clyborne Park?
Because it is a white neighborhood
300
Which area of Providence is being gentrified according to Athena and Khazia's Text Battle?
The West End
300
Who did Lorraine Hansberry's mom need to protect her family from? How did she do this?
White neighbors, patrolling with a shotgun.
Follow up: Why do you think they would have risked living in a neighborhood when it put them in danger?
300
Why does Walter give his son a dollar when Ruth already said they can't afford it?
Because of his pride and desire to prove he's a successful man.
400
Walter tells Beneatha that a doctor is a male profession. What is one of the acceptable careers that Walter suggests she pursue instead?
Nurse or wife
400
Why does Mama tell Walter that she needed to buy the house?
Because she saw her family falling apart.
400
Name three characters/types of people that are involved in the gentrification process and explain their role.
Eg: college students/recent grads, low income families, realtors, banks, lawyers, advocates, incoming businesses
400
What is white flight? Explain why it occurs.
When white people leave a neighborhood to avoid people of color.
400
Who said, "Seem like God didn't see fit to give the black man nothing but dreams, but he did give us children to make them dreams seem worthwhile"?
Mama quoting Big Walter
Follow up: How does this quote interact with the concept of the "American Dream"?
500
Who says, "Between a man and a woman there need be only one kind of feeling".
Asagai
Follow up: What feeling does he mean and is this true?
500
After Mama gives Walter some of the money, what type of future does Walter describe for Travis.
A big house with fancy cars and a career with offices and secretaries.
Followup: How does this represent the American Dream? Mama only gave him $3500.
500
How does gentrification affect juries in criminal courts?
The increase in white jurors increases the likelihood of conviction because they are more likely to believe cops, never having been targeted in the same way by cops as people of color have been.
500
What does it say about Younger's that their apartment is filled with once loved items, but the weariness of the room has taken over? (Hint: answer is related to the concept of the American Dream)
That they want to have a good home, but the reality of their situation prevents them.
500
Why might Beneatha be considered an assimilationist?
Because straitening her hair conforms to white American's beauty standards and ignores her natural beauty.