"I am an Invisible Man" -- Ralph Ellison

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"I am an invisible man," Ralph Ellison declared in the opening sentence of his only novel. "I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me." If they do register his presence, it is as "a figure in a nightmare which the sleeper tries with all his strength to destroy."

http://www.amazon.com/Invisible-Man-Ralph-Ellison/dp/0679732764#reader_0679732764

[chalky]

1. Now THERE'S a connection I'll bet they wish you hadn't made.

n/t

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2. No such thing as A GOP lit major, I suppose

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3. In “Dreams For My Father,” Obama writes,

“There was a trick somewhere, though what the trick was, and who was doing the tricking, and who was being tricked, eluded my conscious grasp.”

[ellisonz]

4. "Who knows but that, on the lower frequencies, I speak for you?"

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5. What else but try to tell you what was really happening when your eyes were looking through!

Republicans are illiterate tone deaf buffoons.

[ellisonz]

7. "The truth is the light and light is the truth."

[mzmolly]

6. Perfect

analogy.

One of the most memorable books I've ever read.

[Octafish]

8. Kick for Truth.

Kick for Justice.

[cali]

9. You and commentator on MSNBC

it's on the James Lipton vid I just posted. Astute observation from both of you.