From Superman to ManThe author attacks the notion of racial superiority through a novel that revolves around a debate between a Pullman porter and a white racist politician. |
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Page 68
... United States we have color jealousy , and not color prejudice ; not con- tempt , but fear . Abroad I suffered no color dis- crimination - indeed , I often found it an asset - while in the United States I have it everywhere thrust at me ...
... United States we have color jealousy , and not color prejudice ; not con- tempt , but fear . Abroad I suffered no color dis- crimination - indeed , I often found it an asset - while in the United States I have it everywhere thrust at me ...
Page 96
... United States , and especially in the North , while the educated Negro , as a mass , lives better than any other similar class outside the United States , there is no recog- nized place in America for the educated Negro . The educated ...
... United States , and especially in the North , while the educated Negro , as a mass , lives better than any other similar class outside the United States , there is no recog- nized place in America for the educated Negro . The educated ...
Page 111
... United States . On the whole , I have found that the Christianity of the English - speaking Gentile does not work when it brings him in contact with the darker races in considerable numbers , as in South Africa , Aus- tralia and the United ...
... United States . On the whole , I have found that the Christianity of the English - speaking Gentile does not work when it brings him in contact with the darker races in considerable numbers , as in South Africa , Aus- tralia and the United ...
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