Prejudice And Racism-Lack Of Identity In Invisible Man

The story “Invisible Man”is about an African American youth from the South who does not fully understand racism. After a “Negro Youth” boxing match he gives a speech and a rich white man gives him a leather briefcase and in the briefcase it's a scholarship to a college for only blacks.He goes to college, but gets expelled for showing one of the white people the real side of black history. Later in the book he moves to Harlem,New York and becomes a public speaker for the Brotherhood or a black organization group.As the speaker of is group he is assualted,threatened,praised,and applaud.As he works for the organization, he encounters many people and situations that slowly forced him to face the truth about racism and his own lack of identity.