A Variety of Recent Plays and Literature Addressing Inequality and Bigotry
A variety of recent plays and literature are a stronghold in the movement to combat inequality and bigotry myths in today's culture vis-à-vis prejudice vices such as ethnicity, color, and religion, among others. Clyborne Park by Bruce Norris, like Lorraine Hansberry's play A Raising in the Sun, portrays injustice against younger black families. As a result, it spreads on our pondering the topic further to seeking a solution to the dilemma today (Armstrong, 76).
The Social Cohesion Settings and the Social Disorder of Racism
Nevertheless, the play is outright in indicating our relationship with each other in social cohesion settings alongside our idealism grounded on the social disease of trepidation and rejection to one another. Moreover, the play is an indicator of how uncomfortable and difficult it is in the current epoch to discuss issues on the social disorder of racism and social injustices today. Further, the play depicts humanity inclination of how people in the society demonize their fellow neighbors in their quest for territorial supremacy. Indeed, the play conversely illustrates how despite the numerous modifications in our political system those have apparently transpired; the vices of social injustices are still latent in the society in the twentieth century (Norris 73).
Difficulties Faced by Younger Families in Clybourne Park
Nonetheless, with racism being a chief social disease in the society in contemporary time, I presume that the younger families will have a difficult time in adapting to their new settings. Conversely, the younger families might not have a better life in their new home in Clybourne Park in comparison to their initial home. As palpably evident, Clybourne Park has totally transformed to a black community over time as neighborhoods do thus an unambiguous suggestion that the younger families could doubtless face difficulties in being accepted in the vicinity. For instance, vices of discriminations still saturate in the characters conversation in the play when Lindsey says; STEVE: What, and now we're the evil invaders who are— LINDSEY: (To Steve) She never said that!!!! STEVE: —appropriating your ancestral homeland? LINDSEY: (To Steve) This, this, this—No. I'm sorry, this is the most asinine—(To Lena and Kevin) Half of my friends are black! (73) This is owing to the fact that approximately forty years back, the blacks were being discriminated against in the neighborhood a fact that might brew forth prejudices and unfair treatment of the younger families hence hindering of their attaining a better life (Norris 73).
Communication Issues and Socialization Challenges
Consequently, I presume that the younger families could get a bit of better life in Clybourne Park. This might emanate from the fact that the houses are bigger there and therefore there shall be more space for everyone which is what every family advocates for when shifting to a new home. However, there may be impending difficulties for the families achieving a better life compared to their first homes to a greater extend. This can be palpably depict by the act of the residents paying them much in order to avert their moving into the park which is already black people dominated.
Besides, a while back, the whites were the dominant inhabitants of Clybourne Park and had shown much discrimination towards the blacks in that previous era. Nevertheless, communication issues are evident in the play a clear depiction that socialization of the younger families with the neighborhood dominants would be a great problem. This implies that socialization between the two parties shall be hindered by this factor a clear suggestion that the dominants will take a bit longer to accept them in the vicinity. Primarily, the younger families shall face diverse attempts afterwards to make them move out of their new neighborhood. This shall be foreseen when the attempts to pay them in order to alter their minds about moving in the park fails. Thusly, despite being a robust family as deemed in the play, they might not latently have the aptitude of putting up with the status quo channels from their neighbors to keep them off the neighborhood. As an outcome, the younger families moving in might have unpleasant life in Clybourne Park in contrast to a better life.
The Conflict of Interest and Changing Demographics
Due to economical transformation that had gradually taken place over the period, the blacks were now dominating Claybourne Park but the wealthy whites that had moved out now wanted the neighborhood back. This clearly indicates that both the blacks and whites valued similar things the central interest being dominating Clybourne Park despite their having valuing divergent things. As a result this surefire was a conflict of interest between the two parties an unequivocal prove that with time, Clybourne Park had altered its economic and racial demography. Lindsey can be quote in the play describing the status quo of the neighborhood; "LINDSEY: And I totally admit, I'm the one who was resistant, especially with the schools and everything, but once I stopped seeing the neighborhood the way it used to be, and could see what it is now, and its potential? LENA: Used to be what? LINDSEY: (Beat.) What it "used to be"? STEVE: (Helpfully, to Lena) What you said. About the history of—? LINDSEY: Historically. The changing, you know, demographic—? STEVE: Although originally—(To Lindsey) wasn't it German, predominantly?" (Norris 60-61).
Addressing Indifferences and Discrimination
In the aforementioned quote, it was clear that interest between the two parties emanating from the exquisiteness of the neighborhood indeed were fundamental propagators of negative stereotypes of racism and class between the two parties. This is regardless of the economic and political changes that had taken place during the period (Norris 60). Essentially, Lena's remarks depict the credibility of this when she comments; "I'm asking you to think about the motivation behind the long-range political initiative to change the face of this neighborhood." She adds, "There are certain economic interests that are being served by those changes and others that are not" (Norris 70).
Alternatively, the divergent wants and desires of the whites and blacks may continue to create conflict between them but not for a longer span of time. This is because soon enough, both parties might be enlightened on addressing their indifferences and discrimination to one another based on socio-economic strata. Thus, with the insights they get from plays, shows and even documentaries, the different people of color can collectively work closely in the course of eradicating racism that is just but a confined manifestation hereby addressing racism elephant. Correspondingly, overcoming the fact that their new neighbors were willing to pay them money not to move into their neighborhood will be thorny for the younger families moving in. This simply implied that they were unwanted in the vicinity. Hence, the young families shall always be pondering on the rationale behind their new neighbors extend of paying them off so as not to move in their new home in Clybourne Park. Similarly, the emotion of ill motiveless from their neighbors shall crave in the young families. These emotions shall be probed by the fact that their new neighbors wanted them off their neighborhood hence a subtle rationale of their not forgetting they were being paid to keep of the walls of neighborhood. Above all, it is of utmost value for us to ponder on the question; how does 'Clybourne Park Play' matter in the society today? This implies that we ought not to watch the play and act as if it has not influenced us to take part in the battle against social injustices, prejudices, and unfairness among other discrimination vices in the society. Basing on the real-life illustration of such vices in the community today, the play sparks our pondering on the subject how we the society can curtail its prolongation. Of significant, the play themes immensely epitomize the society in a manner that really coerces individuals to think on the issues that we ignore day after day (Armstrong, 76).
Work Cited
Armstrong, Julie. The Cambridge Companion to American Civil Rights Literature. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015. Print
Norris, Bruce. Clybourne Park. New York: Dramatists Play Service, 2012. Print
