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The Younger family is waiting for a life insurance check. Walter Lee Younger has his mind set to invest in a liquor store business, but his wife Ruth is adamant that the money belongs to Lena, Walter’s mother. Ruth is constantly worried about money, doing her best to save, while Walter is more impulsive and irresponsible--inspired by his desperation to be something more than just a chauffeur for white men in Chicago. In this scene, Walter tries to convince Ruth to agree with his liquor store
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WALTER: You know what I was thinking ‘bout in the bathroom this morning--?
RUTH: No.
WALTER: How come you always try to be so pleasant?
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RUTH: There are colored men who do things.
WALTER: No thanks to the colored woman.
RUTH: (boiling over) Well, being a colored woman I guess I can’t help myself none!
Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun, Samuel French, 1984, pp.23-26.
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