Invisible Man

Why do the grandfather's dying words make the narrator feel guilty about receiving praise in the novel, Invisible Man?

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Whenever a black person receives praise, it is for doing a good job according to standards set up by white people. The narrator's grandfather regarded such achievement as a betrayal of the black people.

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Invisible Man