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in Invisible Man this struggle toward self-definition is applied to individuals, groups, and the society as a whole. The particular genius of Invisible Man is Ellison's ability to interweave these individual, communal, and national quests into a single, complex vision. However, Ellison does not restrict himself to the concerns of African-Americans because he believes that African-American culture is an inextricable part of American culture. Thus, Invisible Man shows how the struggles of the narrator as an individual and as a representative of an ethnic minority are paralleled by the struggle of the nation to define and redefine itself.

This timeline, and the following pages which bring the information to current day, serves the purpose of providing accurate information on the history of slavery and racism in the United States. Starting with the original enslaving of Africans in Jamestown and other colonies, it describes the gross injustices committed by whites throughout the years.

All of this pageantry in the story leads Busby to view Trueblood as "a trickster who realizes that by becoming the white community's stereotypical black, he fulfills their expectations and becomes a 'true blood' or pure stereotype" Trueblood and Norton are analyzed and compared/contrasted. Their separate effects on IM are also highlighted.

American traditions and institutions perpetuate the disadvantaged positions of nonwhites in ways that black people have experienced as personal in particular situations. This importance of race in public and private life, as well as subjective experiences of racism, have drawn to existentialism both black and white philosophers who address racial issues.

The source explains the difference of black existentialism and white existentialism. A definition of the term reads, "A philosophical theory or approach that emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will". However, while oppressed by whites in America, black existentialists cannot simply get what they want through will, so they need to include betterment for all blacks as a primary goal in life.

Discusses the loss of African American culture and unity over time; while being Americanized, many Afro-Americans simply gave up on their common ties, making it much harder during the civil rights movement for blacks to rise up and take their rights.

This document discusses an interesting social struggle, that for the better treatment of black women. It describes how this movement grew out of the black liberation movement and the women's rights movement, but explains how the Black Feminism movement is a completely different one.

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 is a touchy subject, and there are no quotes, HOWEVER this site was really neat because it provides a lot of modern statistics regarding those who favor laws AGAINST interracial marriage, based on race, religion, age, etc. In the same way that Malcolm and Shorty were arrested for being with white girls, rather than for the theft at hand, many modern people in America favor bans on interracial marriage.

This source is interesting because it describes Ralph Ellison life and work, while also portraying the fact that his colleague, Richard Wright, was a foil to him. While Wrights character's were unrefined, hot-tempered, and uneducated, Invisible Man is the opposite. The article also talks about Ellison's efforts to maintain cultural identity and traditional black culture in America.

Although this is a kind of ghetto site, it hit hard because it was a lot like Malcolm himself. In a protest to the blacks joining the Occupy Wall Street Movement, the author comments that he has been denied countless jobs, only because he is black. Despite having better credentials than many of his white friends, once employers discover his color, it's all over. Also, like the Nation of Islam and the Bro Hood, this guy talks about how the poor whites in the Occupy movements are only in it for themselves, and once they get what they want, they'll just forget about the black members. Unfortunately, this is modern, contemporary stuff that is going on now.

In this article, the author tracks the growth of identity of IM from beginning to end, through three questions. The quotes are long, so I won't post them.

While the rest of the world was busy bashing African Americans and blacks in general, women were also fighting for their rights and being oppressed by all different races. Ellison displays this in IM by making women IM's weakness and using them as "bait"

Source discusses the name trouble: the blacks are given names by their white slaveholders. Links to IM---blacks cannot find their own identity if they are being named and depersonified by the whites! Also discusses Malcolm's mom, who suffers, like IM, to the point of losing her mind and sanity, all at the hands of the white oppressors. 

A study shows that many white people are able to identify blurry pictures of gorillas easier when first shown pictures of black people, demonstrating that many white people do not view black people as being on their same level.

Similar to IM and the BroHood, Malcolm is absolutely hoodwinked by the supposedly honorable Elijah Muhammad. He believes all the clowny doctrine, about the black master race and refuses to see the obvious truth-the Elijah is simply using Malcolm to promote his own hypocritical program. In addition, the site goes on to discuss how Malcolm comes to learn that not all whites are evil by nature; it is the society and the racist atmosphere that push whites to abuse and oppress blacks.

A study by the University of Minnesota and Penn State that asserts that the number two cause of domestic violence is the perceived culture of oppression that many African Americans have and pass on to others.

Discusses direct correlations between quotes from IM and the racist impact they have upon him. As seen in the case of the yams, it is only after IM decides to accept his own culture and past that he can have his own identity. Until then, he is still trying to live white. Also, back to the theme of oppression, the Brotherhood was acting in the name of blacks, yet truly just held IM back, hovering inches from success, in order to ensure that he never gets his fully deserved recognition or rights.

Although this doesn't 100% directly address IM himself, this study by Stanford has swagger! It's a direct, fascinating study which ought to disappoint whites with their own behavior. Apparently, the majority of whites relate blacks to apes and gorillas, which is not only disrespectful, but also dehumanizes them. As a result, by likening blacks to animals, more whites are prone to tolerate anti-black violence, or, at least the usage of cruel words, such as Nigga, which offend and further dehumanize African Americans.