Ralph Ellison
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Days 230-234 – The Most Important Uniform in the Hospital
When I had the power to do so, I should have hung a giant picture at each of our hospital’s entrances entitled: “The Most Important Uniform in the Hospital.” Inside the frame, a patient gown. Continue reading
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Days 216-220 – The Truth Tellers & The Rule Breakers
“I was never more hated than when I tried to be honest,” Ralph Ellison wrote. If truth matters why does expressing it often require exceptional courage? We want to be loved, not hated. We want to be praised, not punished.… Continue reading
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Days 176-180 – How Humanity is Won
“I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me,” Ralph Ellison’s character says. “Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat. “When I discover who I… Continue reading
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Days 247-251 – Invisibility
No one has written more powerfully about becoming invisible, a walking ghost, then Ralph Ellison. In Invisible Man his angry protagonist says, “I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me." The marginalized millions of the world… Continue reading
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