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Is the book "The Invisible Man" written by Ralph Ellison revelent today. Some say that Ellison's ideas are old school and we have passed all of that. Men, I ask this question, when you walk down the street in a crowded city, do you feel invisible? Some say that they can be in a crowd and feel like they are the only one present. Is that the kind of invisibility Ellison was talking about or was he talking about an identity deeper that that. Young ladies, have you ever felt invisible; if so was it external or external. How much progress have we made and were we ever truly invisible?

In America among the people of color, some of us seem to think that we have arrived, that times have changed, the the playing field is equal and the reason there doesn't seem to be much progress is because the people don't want to do any better. Some believe that instead of going forward, we as a people have gone backwards and that we don't want to do any better, that all we want to do is sit on a corner and complain.

What do you say to these statements?
Posted By: Thomasena Martin-Johnson
Friday, March 16th 2012 at 3:33PM
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I read this book in college, and I know that main character was based on Ralph Ellison's own view of himself in society, and the character never got a name.

I look at it like this Thomasina...African American/Black people of today may not see themselves as invisible (meaning enslaved), but we are still living in a time with a lot of discrimination. We are considered invisible to AmeriKKKa because they refuse to see our true selves beneath the roles that stereotype and racial prejudice compel us to play...



Saturday, March 17th 2012 at 4:01PM
Siebra Muhammad
The difference between me and some of them is I don't play a role. I try with all that is in me to do just the opposite of what they expect of me. I especially use the things they create against them. I also cover my back and shoreup my edges. I don't let them see me sleeping. This works because we know them and they do not know us.
Saturday, March 17th 2012 at 4:41PM
Thomasena Martin-Johnson
That's Right!
Saturday, March 17th 2012 at 6:21PM
Siebra Muhammad
Sure there are a lot of things we can complain about and many of us have not maximized our potential. We spend to much time trying to sweep the darkness out of a room instead of simply flicking on the light switch. Many of us have a habit of thinking negatively. For example, we will say things like "I'm uh try not to be late" instead of "I am going to be on time"... "I'm doing bad" instead of "I going to do better"...."I just don't want to be poor" instead of " I want to be wealthy" etc... Creating our realities begins with the "WANT...We create our own reality.


Sunday, March 18th 2012 at 4:03PM
Siebra Muhammad
@Thomasena, "I" believe as a whole we as females have come a long way in over coming the belief it is selfish to love ourselves...

About feeling alone in a crowd, I would like to share this little story with you...ONe day as I walked on campus at UCD this White female student said to me , how it must be good to know all of the Black people on campus isn't it...because she had noticed that we Black students always speak or give some sort of recognition as we passed each other...

I then explained I did not know the student I had just said 'hello' to, (and like I can not explain how some believe we can say '*****' but they can't is sort of an unwritten law or something) I hope she was able to understand my saying it is maybe because there are so few of us on campus we have a unity where we just speak as friends when we don't know each other.

"I" have said all of that to say I never feel alone, because I always speak as a friend to all and especially my own people in a crowd. (smile)
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