In The Invisible Man the narrator and a group of other blacks are engaged in a battle royal to entertain some rich and influential whites. What is really happening is that they are fighting each other over “gold coins” which are actually just coins painted gold. “'Boys, it's all yours,' the man said. “You get everything you take.” “That's right, Sambo,” a blond man said, giving me a confidential wink. (26). This quote shows how blacks 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 ordinary coins painted gold, but he doesn't care because he believes he is gaining favor with rich white people when in reality he is just making a fool of himself and painting himself as "Sambo" for the people in power. White people don't actually favor any of them over the others and simply see and judge them as having entertainment value. They like to play the big white dad who is responsible for how black people think and do things. Later, when Bledsoe and the narrator are talking, he says, “It's true they support him, but I control him. I'm big and black and I say "Yeah suh" as loud as any idiot when it suits him, but I'm still the king on the bottom