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 52
... traits which are peculiar to themselves , commencing with the whiteness of the skin and the pliancy of the hair . But ... trait whatsoever . There is no physical human quality that cannot be found in a superior form among the lower ...
... traits which are peculiar to themselves , commencing with the whiteness of the skin and the pliancy of the hair . But ... trait whatsoever . There is no physical human quality that cannot be found in a superior form among the lower ...
Page 117
... trait , that the Republican party hasn't — that trait is frankness of expression . It declares itself a white man's party . It does not want the Negro and says so . " " What do you think of the Communists and the Negro ? asked the ...
... trait , that the Republican party hasn't — that trait is frankness of expression . It declares itself a white man's party . It does not want the Negro and says so . " " What do you think of the Communists and the Negro ? asked the ...
Page 127
... trait possessed by the black man or any other color of man , that does not exist in equal proportions among the ... traits , but for the color of his skin and the nature of his hair . " " But is that the real reason , " he asked , in a ...
... trait possessed by the black man or any other color of man , that does not exist in equal proportions among the ... traits , but for the color of his skin and the nature of his hair . " " But is that the real reason , " he asked , in a ...
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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