The Invisible Man
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?
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?
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...