han it would in a wealthy community. It seems like someone wants to keep the money in the hands of the wealthy.The third type of discrimination is the most common today. It takes place a few times throughout the play. It is first introduced in the original screen play when the Younger family went to visit their new house for the first time. In the original directions for this scene, there was to be a panning shot of the neighboring houses. With this done, it revealed something sinister.... At some windows curtains drop quickly back into place as though those who were watching do not want to be seen; at others--shadowy figures simply move back out of view when they feel that Walter and Ruths gaze is upon them; at still others, those who are staring do so without apology (p. xxxv). This would have given a better introduction for Lindner. Lindner is the representative for the neighborhood welcoming committee but he is not actually there to welcome the Younger family. He is actually there to ask them to reconsider their plans on moving into the house that they bought in an all white community. He tells them, I want you to believe me when I tell you that race prejudice simply doesnt enter into [our community]....and for the happiness of all concerned that our Negro families are happier when they live in their own communities (p. 1851). When they catch on to his real meaning for his visit, they ask him to leave and that they want nothing to do with him or his offer. This is in direct relation to what Malcolm X points out in his autobiography:The white Southerner, you can say one thing--he is honest. He bares his teeth to the black man; he tells the black man, to his face, that Southern whites never will accept phony integration....The advantage of this is the Southern black man never has been under any illusion about the opposition he is dealing with....But the Northern white man, he grin with his teeth, and his mouth has always ...
