From "Superman" to ManA classic work of fiction from the Harlem Renaissance Joel Augustus Roger's seminal work, this novel first published in 1917 is a polemic against the ignorance that fuels racism. The central plot revolves around a debate between a Pullman porter and a white racist Southern politician. |
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Page 84
... miscegenation ! " he said . " Tell me , would you have your daughter marry a nigger - a Negro . " " I'd never have any of my children married to anyone , white or black . I try to train them well . I teach them to discriminate between ...
... miscegenation ! " he said . " Tell me , would you have your daughter marry a nigger - a Negro . " " I'd never have any of my children married to anyone , white or black . I try to train them well . I teach them to discriminate between ...
Page 86
... themselves as they will . " " You advocates of miscegenation ! " said the senator , angrily , " always forget one important fact . You must shut your eyes to the intense — the inherent - dislike between the 86 FROM " SUPERMAN " TO MAN.
... themselves as they will . " " You advocates of miscegenation ! " said the senator , angrily , " always forget one important fact . You must shut your eyes to the intense — the inherent - dislike between the 86 FROM " SUPERMAN " TO MAN.
Page 89
... miscegenation laws ? If there be a great gulf fixed , why make segregation laws ? Isn't restraint the purpose of law ? marriage laws give the whole thing away . They furnish strong circumstantial evidence that whites do want to mate ...
... miscegenation laws ? If there be a great gulf fixed , why make segregation laws ? Isn't restraint the purpose of law ? marriage laws give the whole thing away . They furnish strong circumstantial evidence that whites do want to mate ...
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