In Invisible Man, the narrator and a group of other black people engage in a battle royale in order to entertain wealthy and influential white people. What is actually happening is that they are fighting over "gold coins" which are really just coins painted gold. “Boys, it’s all yours,” the man said. “You get whatever you take.” » "That's right, Sambo," said a blond man, winking confidentially at me. (26). This quote shows how black people are willing to fight their own race for a few gold coins and to please white men in hopes of gaining their favor. The narrator realizes that the gold coins are just normal coins painted gold, but this does not bother him because he believes he is winning the favor of rich white people when in reality he is making a fool of himself and introducing himself as "Sambo » for the people in power. In reality, white people don't favor any of them over the others and simply see and judge them as entertainment value. They like to play the white grandfather who is responsible for the way black people think and do things. Later, when Bledsoe and the narrator talk, he says, "It's true they support him, but I control him." I'm tall and black and I say "Yes, suh" as loud as any burrhead when it suits me, but I'm still the king.