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 21
... racial pride . would not permit him to be outwitted by one he regarded as an inferior in spite of that ' inferior's ' apparent intelligence He would try the tactics best known to him , -the same thar he had more than once used ...
... racial pride . would not permit him to be outwitted by one he regarded as an inferior in spite of that ' inferior's ' apparent intelligence He would try the tactics best known to him , -the same thar he had more than once used ...
Page 34
... racial jealousy , you mean ; the surest sign of a consciousness of inferiority among any people . Race prejudice only hurts those who have a consciousness of their racial inferi- ority . The Negro can't trust himself . He hates to ...
... racial jealousy , you mean ; the surest sign of a consciousness of inferiority among any people . Race prejudice only hurts those who have a consciousness of their racial inferi- ority . The Negro can't trust himself . He hates to ...
Page 85
... racial intermixture does not affect the racial integrity of the white man . ” " Why ? " said Dixon , much encouraged by his unexpected ally . " Because all mixed bloods are classed as Negroes . No blood flows from the black race into ...
... racial intermixture does not affect the racial integrity of the white man . ” " Why ? " said Dixon , much encouraged by his unexpected ally . " Because all mixed bloods are classed as Negroes . No blood flows from the black race into ...
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Africa American Anglo-Saxon asked average white beauty believe better black and white blood Booker cannibalism Caucasian centuries Chicago Christianity citizens civilization colored women Communists cultured darker races Dixon continued Dixon found Dixon took Europe European feeling Finot hair Haiti Harry Johnston Havelock Ellis human variety hundred immorality Indian Ira Aldridge Jews jim-crow large number laws less live look lynching marriage marry matter mental miscegenation morality mulatto nation native Negro Negro women never nigger Northern notebook number of whites odor opinion party passenger porter primitive prove question racial rape replied Dixon segregation self-respect sexual skin slavery slaves smoker so-called social equality South South America Southern speak spirit superior syphilis tell thing thought tion train trait truth United Universal Races Congress white American white man's white persons white race white women woman Zulu