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A Raisin in the Sun

Introduction

Culturally diverse people represent a distinct and precise set of needs than that of others within their communities, city, and state. I chose to examine concerns and challenges of one's culture depicted by some of the actresses and actor in A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. In this book report, I will identify the unique needs of the different characters, and propose a plan for delivering culturally competent strategies to address those issues.

Cultural Issues and Problems

Culture is a set of shared values, goals, practices, behaviors, and beliefs shared by a particular social, ethnic, or age groups. Lena Younger has raised her family to believe and have faith in GOD, love, and provide for family, value education, and work hard. Although she valued these things she still tried to instill values in her children. In her presence she expected them to behave a certain way because both, Mr. and Mrs. Younger, made sure to set a good example for their children. Even though she had good intentions for her family society responded with bias treatment. Colored folks had limited access to employment, education, and housing.

Lena Younger

Lena Younger is the mother of Beneatha and Travis. Lena is a God fearing lady whom is a dedicated hard worker. Lena lives in a small apartment with her two children, daughter-in-law, and grandson. Lena's strong family loyalty is apparent all through the movie. Lena is going through emotional turmoil because of the passing of her husband. She finds out that she is to inherit a lump sum of money from her husband's life insurance policy. Lena strong ties with her church and family places her in a predicament on how to spend her money. Although Lena would love to give the money to her church, but her dedication to her family and their living condition, she decides to purchase a house big enough for her family. (A Raisin in the Sun, 1961). By Lena showing how much she values her family and spiritual beliefs, functions as a driving force for the difficult decisions she made through the movie. All decision factors are definitely important factors for acquiring any treatment plans. The African American race is a distinct and growing set of ideas, beliefs, actions, and customs. Several of these practices consist of, according to Atkinson, [improvisation, oral traditions, and spontaneity strong familial elements] (Atkinson, 2004, chap. 6) this is particularly apparent in Lena's everyday life. The therapist helping need to be aware of and grasp how she deeply values her family, because it may appear as though her family is taking advantage of her. Lena's solid beliefs for how family is important and her number one priority, and the traditional setting may not be focused on separately, because they appear to be impacted by her strong spiritual faith. Whatever human service therapist working with Lena ought to consider how highly she value her spiritual beliefs and build her counseling around them. According to Carpenter (2003), [many religious ...