The Struggle for Visibility: Invisibility, Identity and Recognition

The “Invisible Man” and “Snow on Tha Bluff” highlight young black men who long to have a place in the world. Curtis was stick up kid and a trapper who took pride in sharing the spoils of all the missions he went on with his friends in his neighborhood. What’s sad is that every ghetto has a Curtis and that sort of pain goes unchecked by our society everyday. Deep down inside he just wanted to take care of his family and his neighborhood. He mentioned that he tried having a job and that it wasn’t for him at all. He was stuck in a destructive cycle of pain and death. Both these young men are extremely violent but the violence is really a cry for help based on the socioeconomic conditions of black people post slavery. Their stuck in an overdrive mode of survival and anyone can become food for them at any given time. “Snow on The Bluff” and Invisible Man themes of self definition and social recognition remind me a song by the Notorious BIG titled “You’re Nobody Till Somebody Kills You.” check it out down below and tell me what you think 

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