Responding to Invisibility

Bree talks about a part of "The Invisible Man" that made her uncomfortable,

One part I particularly didn't like was the part on page 1139 when the boys are forced to watch the blonde woman dance. I understand it's purpose in the novel as being just another situation where the narrator has to endure a humiliating experience for the entertainment of his white oppressors but I feel like that could have been conveyed in a different way without having to be so graphic and demeaning...but perhaps that's the point right? To emphasize White America’s greed, lust and overall lack of regard for other people’s feelings.

I would agree, that part made me a little uncomfortable too.  I relate it back how the first paragraph struck me though. I feel like the narrator is willing to endure any kind of humiliation the white folks deal out in order to show them that he is the ideal black man. He'll suffer whatever they dish out in order to get some sort of affirmation from them. He wants them to tell him that he is who he is supposed to be.