A Raisin in the Sun

In A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, what does Beneatha mean when she says to Asagai that the Youngers’ “got acute ghetto-itis.”?

Scene 1 act 2

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Beneatha is referring to the family being tired of their financial status... the struggle, the inability to improve their lives.

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