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This helps show the beginning of the narrator's process of maturity. He does not acknowledge the lack of trust nor the oppression against him. This helps show his blindness and ignorance

"Here, Ellison suggests the narrator's invisibility to the Brotherhood and his blindness to his own exploitation by the group"

This source provides a detailed analysis of the entire novel, highlighting the theme of invisibility and blindness. Here it describes how IM is betrayed by the Brotherhood, and how blind he was to the whole ordeal.

Interesting read about activists for anti-capitalism/environmentalist (ignore that fact) and their conclusion that working reform with the system doesn't work. Now, they see the light, and the only thing left for each of them, is subversiveness and action against the institution. 

This approaches blindness from a bit of a different angle. the author brings up many of the publicly denied theories of scientists that, in their denial, caused severe damage. Similar to in these two books, it was not until people were awakened that improvement occurred. 

The professor who shares his views in this article describes a "new racism" in America, that is seemingly transparent, invisible due to its lack of recognition. Racism has increasingly become a taboo topic, especially at colleges and universities. The author makes the point that it is acceptable to talk about different cultures in academic settings, while racism is still highly institutional in some parts of the countries and is much more of a difficult subject to discuss. This cloaking of the problem has led to the new racism and blindness of Americans to still occurring racial problems.

This compilation is based around the book Living With Music: Ralph Ellison's Jazz Writings, and co-produced and annotated by that volume's editor, Robert G. O'Meally. The idea is to assemble various pieces of music with some connection to Ellison or his writings, with the specific threads -- a direct comment Ellison might have made on a track, for instance, or a song that's referred to in one of his stories -- explained in O'Meally's notes.

This is a track listing of an album composed of tracks that influenced Ellison in his work. An aspiring musician who went to school to study it, Ellison also grew close with many famous musicians in Harlem. These artists, including Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong were an essential part of a thriving social scene in Harlem while Ellison wrote invisible man. The last track is a recording of Ellison's 1964 address at the Library of Congress. He speaks about "blind men on corners" and the blacks who pretend to be part of a successful white society, people whom Malcolm X spoke so strongly against years later.

This discusses the change within the narrator which leads him to maturity. Bound by te barriers of white society, his ignorance to the oppresson leads to his easily manipulation. After going in the whole though he sees the need to unite with his race

By Michael Eric DysonPublished: November 29, 1992 IN "The Autobiography of Malcolm X," the charismatic black religious nationalist recalls his momentous 1964 pilgrimage to Mecca, a visit that would alter the course of his life and career.

This source talks about the theme of blindness in Malcolm X, especially in relation to his enlightenment on the trip to Mecca.

"Ultimately, the lack of civil disobedience in Invisible Man follows the lack of recognition and the legal invisibility of African Americans in the United States of the 1930's"

This source criticizes IM for his lack of action. It claims that his lack of disobedience and blindness to his situation ultimately parallels that of many African Americans in the early 1900's, explaining why their oppression was allowed to go on.

This article discusses discriminatory barriors women continue to face. This includes lower pay, the notion of sex-segregated professions, and the general preference of male workers to female workers in certain sectors of society.

"That's because U.S. women still earned only 77 cents on the male dollar in 2008, according to the latest census statistics."