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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... blood in their veins . If that is not an instinctive acknowledgment of inferiority I don't know what it is . " " It is true , " conceded Dixon , " that many lighter - skinned Negroes do look down on their darker brothers . Many others ...
... blood in their veins . If that is not an instinctive acknowledgment of inferiority I don't know what it is . " " It is true , " conceded Dixon , " that many lighter - skinned Negroes do look down on their darker brothers . Many others ...
Page 49
... blood , figuratively speaking . ' What do you mean ? The next thing , you'll be telling me is that there is no difference between that and Negro blood . " " There is neither Caucasian nor any other kind of blood- just human blood . May ...
... blood , figuratively speaking . ' What do you mean ? The next thing , you'll be telling me is that there is no difference between that and Negro blood . " " There is neither Caucasian nor any other kind of blood- just human blood . May ...
Page 50
... blood of an animal be injected into the veins of a man . In all these cases the foreign blood will be destroyed or destroy the organism that receives the injection . On the other hand , the blood of a black man may be injected into the ...
... blood of an animal be injected into the veins of a man . In all these cases the foreign blood will be destroyed or destroy the organism that receives the injection . On the other hand , the blood of a black man may be injected into the ...
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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