From "Superman" to ManA classic work of fiction from the Harlem Renaissance |
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... white man's weak point is his color egotism , and the more the Negro humors this failing , the more he serves his own interest . The greater the self - interest of the woman , the more credulous she appears to tales of masculine prowess ...
... white man's weak point is his color egotism , and the more the Negro humors this failing , the more he serves his own interest . The greater the self - interest of the woman , the more credulous she appears to tales of masculine prowess ...
Page 70
... white man's chances . The black man knows he can always find a friend in us . Many have I helped , many have I saved from prison . Our cook has been with us thirty - eighT years . That man , white or black , that 70 FROM " SUPERMAN " TO ...
... white man's chances . The black man knows he can always find a friend in us . Many have I helped , many have I saved from prison . Our cook has been with us thirty - eighT years . That man , white or black , that 70 FROM " SUPERMAN " TO ...
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... white of very mediocre intelligence united with a Negress of the lowest grade of culture an individual of considerable intellectual powers ; just as if one of the effects of crossing in the case of man was precisely to improve the ...
... white of very mediocre intelligence united with a Negress of the lowest grade of culture an individual of considerable intellectual powers ; just as if one of the effects of crossing in the case of man was precisely to improve the ...
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