Racism: The Invisible Man
Have you ever felt invisible? Like no one notices you? Well in the story “invisible man” an African American man feels the exact same. The difference is he’s not noticed because he’s black. Racism is an obstacle to the African American identity and he finds his effort worthless given the fact he lives in a racist community. Living around racist people you’ll find yourself getting judged, treated badly and you mentally start to change. Racism can affect a person whether that person is being judged or is physically being hurt. It can also make a person feel worthless and alone. Given that racism can change a person mentally and how they look at thing. In the story “invisible man” the African Americans has a different mindset that now
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Not to mention he couldn’t hear someone rudely tell him off. Not only that but he wonders why does he need to be responsible and who does he be responsible to when others fail to see him.” I can hear you say what a horrible irresponsible bastard “. “ but whom can I be responsible to and why when you refuse to see me “. He gets talked rudely to because he’s a different race. It’s important for the reader to know be careful on who your living around because people will say anything to you whether it hurts you or not also how bad a person will treat you because of your race . Another example of the character being treated differently due to being black is that he gets cursed out by someone that’s a different race. In addition to that, he’s constantly getting physically hurt by others that has fail to see him. “Then you're constantly bumped by those with poor vision.“ “he’s a tall blond man and as my face came close to his he looked insolently out of his blue eyes and cursed me.” He’s getting verbally and physically abused because of who he is. Even though this is a work of fiction, the events showed could have happened to actual people. In conclusion being a different skin tone will probably make others look at you in a completely different way. Dealing with racism can change a person & the way they live. Given how unfairly African Americans were treated in this time period, it makes sense
Not to mention he couldn’t hear someone rudely tell him off. Not only that but he wonders why does he need to be responsible and who does he be responsible to when others fail to see him.” I can hear you say what a horrible irresponsible bastard “. “ but whom can I be responsible to and why when you refuse to see me “. He gets talked rudely to because he’s a different race. It’s important for the reader to know be careful on who your living around because people will say anything to you whether it hurts you or not also how bad a person will treat you because of your race . Another example of the character being treated differently due to being black is that he gets cursed out by someone that’s a different race. In addition to that, he’s constantly getting physically hurt by others that has fail to see him. “Then you're constantly bumped by those with poor vision.“ “he’s a tall blond man and as my face came close to his he looked insolently out of his blue eyes and cursed me.” He’s getting verbally and physically abused because of who he is. Even though this is a work of fiction, the events showed could have happened to actual people. In conclusion being a different skin tone will probably make others look at you in a completely different way. Dealing with racism can change a person & the way they live. Given how unfairly African Americans were treated in this time period, it makes sense