“ You're a Black educated fool, son. These white folk have newspapers, magazines, radios, spokesmen to get their ideas across. If they want to tell the world a lie, they can tell it so well that it beco… Ralph Ellison
“ I can hear you say, What a horrible, irresponsible bastard! And you're right. I leap to agree with you. I am one of the most irresponsible beings that ever lived. Irresponsibility is part of my invisi… Ralph Ellison
“ Most races have a finish line, but some racists are running races where since they never hit the finish line, they never finish lying. Justin K. McFarlane Beau
“ I may be a famous writer but when white people clinch to their wallet and stare at me with scorn I need to ask my skin why. Daniel Marques
“ Racism is dead only to those who've closed their eyes and ears to the whole world around them. DaShanne Stokes
“ That invisibility to which I refer occurs because of a peculiar disposition of the eyes of those with whom I come in contact. A matter of the construction of their INNER eyes, those eyes with which th… Ralph Ellison
“ Then too, you're constantly being bumped against by those of poor vision. Or again, you doubt if you really exist. You wonder whether you aren't simply a phantom in other people's minds. Say, a figure… Ralph Ellison
