In class we talked about the paint scene in invisible man. I have my own out landish theory. When I was in one of my other classes we had a conversation about stupid racists. My Professor told our class that historically it has been proven that the origins of civilization are traced back to
Africa. So people who are racists hate black people when we all in a sense are black. That’s how I look at this.
The paint starts out as a dark tint. This is the start of our civilization. Then the paint changes to a different color. People spread out all over the world. This occurred causing their skin tone changed and they became different tones and colors. So then people turned white from little droplets or hints of the African Culture.
People forgot about
Africa for some time and white people became rich powerful and educated. Then they find out about blacks again. They forget that they came from blacks so they fear the blacks because they are so different. The white when the mixture is finished dominates so everyone think white is right and black is just a means for whites to achieve their highest success.
I kind of believe in this theory. However I do not know how true the historical theory is. It brings a different perspective and it totally coincides with the book. One can see the sense in this if they think about it long enough. People, what do you think?
March 24, 2007 at 10:09 pm
Wow, I didn’t even think about it that way. I was paying more attention to the social aspects. Although this combined with the social interpretation of this passage, kind of makes the racism the narrartor experiences even more stupid.
April 30, 2007 at 1:40 pm
Wow, I never had heard that before, and that interests me a lot. I heard a theory like that through an Indian Myth that white people were just undercooked, Blacks were just over cooked, and the Indians were cooked just right, but nothing like the idea you just talked about! I kind of want to look into that!