We've spent all this time worrying about the The Invisible Man, when we should have been worrying about The Invisible Black Woman.

I knew it! I knew no one could see/hear/understand me but me! I just knew it!

Check out this this post from Clutchmagonline.com-----

Can You See Me Now? Are Black Women Invisible? Study Says Yes (Contributer- Britni Danielle)

It seems like an odd question, especially considering how the media has been clamoring over the recent debut of OWN, The Oprah Winfrey Network, or how Michelle Obama took the nation, and the world, by storm when she swept grandly into the White House, but for the rest of us…"regular" Black girls…feeling invisible can be a very painful reality.

Recently, I was perusing The Root and came across a piece by author Helena Andrews that asks the question, "Are Black women invisible?"

Andrews begins the essay with an anecdote recounting how, after having a long conversation with someone she worked with, the person still failed to recognize her.

"I once had a too long conversation with someone before he realized that I was not the person he thought I was.
When he finally looked into my eyes, something mimicking recognition, but definitely not embarrassment, flashed across his face before he headed for the mailroom door. I told my coworker, the woman he'd mistaken me for, about it at lunch and we both laughed robotically. Not because the situation was ridiculous, but because it was a familiar rerun."

Andrews' story was a familiar one. While reading I couldn't help nodding my head and remembering each time, being mistaken or even forgotten, has happened to me. Her story confirmed that I wasn't alone. Despite my outgoing (and obviously dope) personality, I was sometimes easily forgettable or easily confused with Black girl X.

Although Andrew's piece offered confirmation for what I'd already felt many times before, apparently, this feeling of…invisibility some Black women feel is rooted in scientific fact.

Last year, an article in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology researched whether or not Black women are socially invisible. To determine this, scientists Amanda Sesko and Monica Biernat, first set out to see if Black women would go unnoticed in a crowd.

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