A statue I found while in
 Chicago last weekend

I know it's kind of late to still be discussing Invisible Man, but on my trip to Chicago this past weekend I went to my uncles' house.  They live on the second floor of a building, and the owner of the building lives on the first floor.  She is my uncle's (a different one's) mom, and over the years we've become friendly.  For the first time I noticed this statue thing (I couldn't find anything closely resembling it in size or design on the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia, though I suspect it is part of the lawn jockey category) this trip, with it sitting right at eye level as you walk in the stairwell, in front of her back door.  She is an old white lady who I've never heard say anything racist, or do anything racist.  So the question remains, why does she have it, and especially in such a prominent location?  

I suppose she comes from a time where images like this were, for many, not even a statement about their views on people, but instead just normal trinkets to pick up from somewhere.  Maybe in the 50's that would be an acceptable answer, but nowadays, I would think everyone knows how racist and unfair these images are.  Maybe her reasoning behind keeping the statue out were the same as Mary's.  She wants to hold onto her past, and objects like this (or the bank in Mary's case) are a reminder of her past.  But there isn't any contradiction to her though, because unlike Mary, she doesn't actively push for equal rights, nor does she let others live in her home rent free.  Maybe she is just an old woman who doesn't even remember its there, and means nothing by it.   But even if she doesn't mean anything by it, what does it say about our society that statues like this are still in found in everyday life, have we really not come any further than Mary Rambo of the 30's?