In the passage, "Beneatha's Search for Identity" by Brenda F. Berrian, the author describes her views on intercultural marriages as it was seen in the play, a Raisin in the Sun. The author views African American assimilation into American culture as the social norm. The theme of intercultural marriages, between an Afro-American woman and a Nigerian man, are seen as a "testimony of self-affirmation, and new freedoms." In the passage, Berrian identifies that Beneatha struggles to break away from the social norm and uncover a new passage to freedom. However enthused Beneatha may be to discover her former African heritage, she knows little about her African heritage. Her only images of Africa are those of preconceived notions.
Joseph Asagi is a male, Nigerian student in the play, a Raisin in the Sun, whom brings ideas to beneath about her search for identity in an African American Society. The author of the passage describes Joseph as giving Beneatha "a promise of life in Nigeria".......
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