"The invisible man" by Ralph Ellison.

Racism in an imperfect culture reveals the intensity that drives the novel Invisible Man, written by Ralph Ellison. From the harsh words of his fellow peers, the voice of the 'invisible man' comes out. The narrator remains a voice and never emerges as an external and quantifiable presence. This obscurity emphasizes his status as an "invisible man." He always tries to be someone he is not or copy the correct identity of a person. Ralph …

…he perceived events when they happened rather than offer commentary on these events with retrospection. The continuous racism of Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man depicts a man of self consciousness through his arrogance in the beginning, his sarcasm in the middle, and his acceptance in the end of the novel to create a negative voice. Although the character's voice is caused by racism his invisibility is real and portrays a tragedy that occurs to universal characters.