The ideas and images shown in the movie A Raisin in the Sun are still applicable to modern society.
There is always the conflict between ideal and reality; there are always people who struggled to achieve their dream who are constrained by all kinds of obstacles; there is still racism exists in society;
Different generations of people may come and go; the time and place may change, but the stage is always there and the drama remained and repeated.
Take China for example. The flood of African Americans from the south to North in the U.S. history is similar to the ongoing flood of farmers and workers from suburban areas of China to big cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Others look them down upon not because of their skin color but their lack of education and low quality lifestyle. But the core is the same – discrimination. Due to the fast development of China, these people c…
