A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry is a play that shows housing discrimination in Chicago in the 1950s. Housing discrimination was partly an effect of the Great Migration. This was an event in the 1950s that led approximately six million African Americans to “migrate” from the South to the North, Midwest, and Western regions of the United States. This caused a rapid increase in the black population in major northern cities. They can therefore only live in certain neighborhoods, which keeps their communities segregated. Clybourne Park is a play written by Bruce Norris. It was written in response to Hansberry's play. In Clybourne Park, gentrification is shown within the dialogue. Gentrification is one of the causes of housing discrimination in today's society. This is when wealthy people restore homes to increase the value of the property and neighborhood. This play not only demonstrates discrimination against current homeowners in the community, but also discrimination against buyers. This is displayed when a character from the previous play makes an appearance in the first act and when the situation changes in the second act. Texts of plays demonstrating housing discrimination, an analysis of both plays, and an analysis of the swapping roles of inequality will be discussed. Three important quotes can be found within the text of A Raisin in the Sun. The first quote, stated by Walter, was made when he was complaining to his mother about the advantage the white race has over them. In the following quote, he makes it clear that there is an obvious racial divide: “Mom, sometimes when I'm downtown and I pass those quiet-looking restaurants where there's white kids... middle of paper. .....it doesn't become a problem because residents make sure to keep different ethnic groups out of their neighborhood. These two plays, although written by different people, work together to demonstrate housing discrimination and its relationship to gentrification. Works Cited Adler, Ben. “What Gentrification's 'Clybourne Park' Misses.” The next city. Np, August 2, 2012. Web. May 4, 2014. Biro '08, Jessica. (2007). “Gentrification: Deliberate Displacement or Natural Social Movement?”, The Park Place Economist: Vol. 15.Hunt, Bradford D. “Redlining.” Chicago Encyclopedia. Np, 2004. Web. 04 May 2014.Hansberry, Lorena. A raisin in the sun. New York: Vintage, 1994. Print.Norris, Bruce. Clybourne Park:. New York: Faber and Faber, 2011. Print.Williams, Chad. "African Americans and World War I." African Americans and World War INp, 2011. Web. 01 May 2014.