Democracy and Ethno-racism: Citizens under Bondage in Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man and Timothy Aluko’s Wrong Ones in the Dock

Abstract

In Ellison’s Invisible Man and Aluko’s Wrong Ones in the Dock, ethnically of racially diverse societies with make-believe pluralism are vividly portrayed. These societies reveal indigenes that are virtually prisoners owing to the prevailing climate of falsehood and pretended democracy. Citizens here know the truth and the right behaviours, but are either too afraid of fragmented to own up. In the end, though justice and tranquility are delayed, it is clear that the status quo cannot be sustained since the people become aware and gradually bound to proffer workable and enduring solutions as a way to establish genuine democracy.