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Against her better judgment, Lena gives in to the desire of her son. She has to admit that life's chances have never been good for him and that he deserves the chance that money might give him. As soon as he invested the money, his so-called friend skips town with it. Destitute and guilt-ridden, Walter faces his family and reports the destruction of their future goals.
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Despite the monetary set-back, the Youngers continue with their plans to move into the all-white Clybourne Park. Middle-aged Karl Lindner acts as the spokesman for the white community into which they plan to move. Karl tries to convince the family against moving into the neighborhood. In fact, he has been authorized by the community to offer the Youngers more money then they paid for the house so they would not move in. Since the whites think blacks as people who cause trouble, Karl thought he could get Walter to sell-out his race. During this era, it was an understood norm that poor blacks do not move into white neighborhoods. Those who even attempted to do so, brought the racial prejudice on themselves.
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At first, the promise of money tempted Walter after his dream of his business partnership was crushed. Yet, no matter how much money means to Walter, he choose not give up his pride in order to obtain it. Proud Walter tries his hardest to keep from Travis, the fact that they lost all of their money. When Travis asks for fifty cents for school, Walter doubles it just not the let him know they are in tight spot with money. Walter actually considered selling out his race from the white community and accepting Lindner's offer. At the end, Walter shows his true pride and, in front of Travis, he turns down Lindner's money and tells him that the Youngers have decided to move into Clybourne Park.
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"What I mean is I don't know how come, man, but we got all this pride going. You know what I mean? But the fact is-that we called you over here to tell you that-this is my son, and he makes like the sixth generation of folks in this country, and we have all though about your offer and I have decided that we are going to move into our new house and because-well-my father,he earned it for us, brick by brick.
