#260 – What Can Invisible Man Teach Us About Black America? Code-Switching, Perspectives And Comparing To Black Panther With Anthony D Holt Jr (Tony Holt)

Mike is honoured to welcome Anthony D Holt Jr (Tony Holt), to talk about the relevance of Ralph Ellison’s 1962 novel Invisible Man to today’s society, what we can learn and why Tony wrote an essay comparing it to Black Panther!

You don’t need to read Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison to understand what is discussed in this conversation (although it will bring additional context), as the duo talk about code-switching, the power of understanding someone else’s perspective, identity (both cultural and individual) and Tony’s essay comparing Invisible Man to the 2018 Black Panther run by Ta-Nehisi Coates from Comics Lit Volume 1. Mike & Tony also talk about Tony’s home city of Detroit, other works by Ellison and so much more – this conversation is important to every person on this planet.

Although Tony doesn’t have social media, you can find his notable releases and podcast appearances at https://linktr.ee/tonyholtjr

Tony mentioned a few things in this conversation, including; Ta-Nehisi Coates’ 2018 Black Panther run; The Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda and his book Between the World and Me. Detroit: I Do Mind Dying, A Study In Urban Revolution by Dan Georgakas & Marvin Surkin. The podcast The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway. The Detroit-based producer J Dilla and the book about him called Dilla Time by Dan Charnas – since recording, a street in Detroit was officially renamed J Dilla Street, details here: https://hiphopdx.com/news/j-dilla-street-renaming-detroit-common-questlove

Find Comics Lit Volume 1 on Amazon or at the below link, you get 10% off with code 4HP10 at checkout (& don’t forget to review): www.accomplishinginnovationpress.com/product/comics-lit-vol-1

Mike also spoke about Comics Lit Vol1  in full with Tonya Todd and Tony Farina in episode 250 of Genuine Chit-Chat!

The conversation that sparked Mike picking up Invisible Man was an episode of Tonya Todd’s Banned Books Conversations, found on the podcast feed of the Femme On Collective or here: https://youtu.be/eTdFuragMug?si=yHRxLxILsGkwO2TA

The last episode of GCC was Douglas Vincent speaking about his Star Wars journey from 1977 to the Disney era and prior to that was the return of Gough of Beernuts Productions!

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