Karl Lindner

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Karl Lindner is a white representative of a neighborhood association in Lorraine Hansberry’s play "A Raisin in the Sun," known for attempting to bribe the Younger family to prevent them from moving into a white neighborhood.

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Karl Lindner canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dramatic character
fictional character
appearsIn A Raisin in the Sun
appearsInAct A Raisin in the Sun
surface form: Act II of A Raisin in the Sun

A Raisin in the Sun
surface form: Act III of A Raisin in the Sun
associatedWithOrganization Clybourne Park Improvement Association
createdBy Lorraine Hansberry
firstPublicationOfWork 1959 Broadway production of A Raisin in the Sun
interactionWithCharacter Beneatha Younger
Lena Younger
Ruth Younger
character Walter Lee Younger
surface form: Walter Lee Younger
medium theatre
motivation to prevent a Black family from moving into a white neighborhood
narrativeFunction represents polite, institutional racism
nationalityInFiction American
occupation representative of a neighborhood association
offers financial compensation to the Youngers to not move
primaryAction attempts to bribe the Younger family
race white
roleInWork antagonist
symbolizes economic pressure used to enforce segregation
white resistance to integration
themeEmbodied housing discrimination
racial segregation
systemic racism
timePeriodInFiction mid-20th century United States
workGenre play
workSetting Chicago

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A Raisin in the Sun (television film, 1989) featuresCharacter Karl Lindner
subject surface form: A Raisin in the Sun (1989 television film)