A Raisin in the Sun

Text of the day: “Mama, you don’t understand. It’s all a matter of ideas, and God is just one idea I don’t accept. It’s not important. I am not going out and be immoral or commit crimes because I don’t believe in God. I don’t even think about it. It’s just that I get tired of Him getting credit for all the things the human race achieves through its own stubborn effort. There simply is no blasted God — there is only man and it is he who makes miracles!” (Beneatha in Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun)

1950s A Raisin in the Sun atheism belief common humanity drama of ideas generational conflict God Headlong Lorraine Hansberry Lyric Hammersmith morality mothers religion secularism