Sometimes swallowing your pride is necessary for survival. This is true. Having pride isn't a bad thing, but sometimes it can get you in trouble or just annoy the heck out of people. This theme is apparent a lot throughout A Raisin in the Sun. Of course the Youngers know that they are black and they also know that whites weren't often fond of African Americans, but they didn't let that bother them. Mama for example, worked white people's kitchens, and she swallowed her pride because of it. Ruth also did domestic work for whites. Both of these women swallowed their pride to make a living for their family but they never lost their self respect. Walter on the other hand, did. Even though he didn’t actually put on his little pity show at the end of the play, he lost his self respect in front of his family and that was enough.
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