INVISIBILITY+REFLECTION

In America, invisibility occurs when people refuse to see others. Americans make this choice when they cannot accept a certain person or group of people in society. These choices often stem from ignorance or an unwillingness to accept, acknowledge, and move on from mistakes we have made in the past. According to Du Bois, when people make others invisible, they begin to only see "figments of their imagination." This is where stereotypes come from, which continues the cycle of invisibility. Americans tend to refuse to see those who are different or the minority, such as Hester Prynne or African Americans, which Louis Armstrong sings about in his song "Black and Blue".