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This paper studies the micropolitics of power not only in the arena of domestic relations but also concerns itself with racism directed to African Americans in A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. It is based on the theory of Michel Foucault and Gilles Deleuze·Felix Guattari. Lena, as the incarnation of Matriarch, wields power over children, so that she dominates Walter and Beneatha and forces them to obey her. Walter tries to control and judge his wife, Ruth and his sister, Beneatha, with deep rooted Patriarchy and Capitalism. Lena and Walter lead the rigid life of the molar line, which means everything seems calculable and foreseen. Beneatha resists oppression and discrimination seeking her own identity. She leads the life of the molecular line, which forms a supple flow marked by quanta. The Youngers do not give up moving to Clybourne Park which is a Caucasian residential district. They fight against racial discrimination, which forms up the molecular line of quantum flow. Also they go for a line of flight which leaks between the segments, escaping their centralization. Their micropolitics of power represents the impetus of social change.