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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... Havelock Ellis , famous authority on sex , in ' Studies in the Psychology of Sex ' ( Vol . 3 ) , after giving two convincing reasons in favor of the so - called savage , says : " It is a common notion that the Negro and the Negroid ...
... Havelock Ellis , famous authority on sex , in ' Studies in the Psychology of Sex ' ( Vol . 3 ) , after giving two convincing reasons in favor of the so - called savage , says : " It is a common notion that the Negro and the Negroid ...
Page 41
... Havelock Ellis seems to prove that the more developed a people , the stronger the sex instinct . The Negro , again , eats less stimulating food , works more labori- ously , and has less leisure than the white man . The whites , on the ...
... Havelock Ellis seems to prove that the more developed a people , the stronger the sex instinct . The Negro , again , eats less stimulating food , works more labori- ously , and has less leisure than the white man . The whites , on the ...
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... Havelock Ellis tells . I know personally of one rite the natives of Sierra Leone used to practise until prevented by the British that showed the high value these people placed on chastity - I mean market value ; for in Africa wives are ...
... Havelock Ellis tells . I know personally of one rite the natives of Sierra Leone used to practise until prevented by the British that showed the high value these people placed on chastity - I mean market value ; for in Africa wives are ...
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