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 19
... Look at the millions of Negroes in Africa little better than gorillas ! They are still selling their own flesh and blood , eating human flesh and carrying on their horrible voodoo ! All of the white race is civilized and all the other ...
... Look at the millions of Negroes in Africa little better than gorillas ! They are still selling their own flesh and blood , eating human flesh and carrying on their horrible voodoo ! All of the white race is civilized and all the other ...
Page 25
... look how he bleaches his skin , straightens his hair , and uses other devices to appear like the white man ! Isn't that a sign of inferiority ? Imitation is acknowledgment of superior- ity . Do you see any other race thus imitating the ...
... look how he bleaches his skin , straightens his hair , and uses other devices to appear like the white man ! Isn't that a sign of inferiority ? Imitation is acknowledgment of superior- ity . Do you see any other race thus imitating the ...
Page 36
... look at the large number of discontented native whites who are bitterly fighting , and who already have what Negroes are fighting for ! There are the La Follettes , the Hiram John- sons , the Nyes , Browders , and Scott Nearings . Why ...
... look at the large number of discontented native whites who are bitterly fighting , and who already have what Negroes are fighting for ! There are the La Follettes , the Hiram John- sons , the Nyes , Browders , and Scott Nearings . Why ...
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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