[Lit] Raisin in the Sun Vocabulary

Liberate

To set free, to provide liberty.

Subjugate

To bring under control, to conquer, to make submissive, to subdue.

Assimilate

To take in (information, ideas, or culture) as one’s own, to make similar, to absorb into the cultural tradition of a population or group.

Segregate

To separate or set apart from others, to isolate

Integrate

To unite with something else

Desegregate

To eliminate segregation in

Marginalize

To relegate to an unimportant or powerless position within a society or a group

Disenfranchise

Deprived of some right or privilege

Idealism

The practice of pursuing ideals, unrealistically

Realism

Concern for the fact or reality of the impractical and visionary

Systemic racism

Unfair treatment that is embedded in the systems, procedures, laws, or rules of a group that result in disadvantages based on race.

Microaggression

The everyday verbal and nonverbal slights, snubs, or insults, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative messages to the target person based solely upon their membership in a marginalized group.

Settled

To come to rest, to become fixed, or established, to become quiet and orderly

Indicment

Accusation, or complaint

Vindicated

Blameless, guiltless

Flit

To move quickly from one place to another

Reflective

Thoughtful

Eccentric

Irregular, peculiar, odd

Oppressive

Burdensome, harsh, uncomfortably excessive

Imploring

Begging urgently

Incredulity

The state of being unable or unwilling to believe something

Exasperated

Irritated, frustrated

Melodrama

Exaggerated, appealing to the emotions

Hysterical

Uncontrolled extreme emotion