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 43
... woman is far more sexually conscious than primi- tive woman . Women , primitive or civilized , are naturally immodest . Modesty , or what passes for it , has been forced on them by man because sex interferes with business . Women are ...
... woman is far more sexually conscious than primi- tive woman . Women , primitive or civilized , are naturally immodest . Modesty , or what passes for it , has been forced on them by man because sex interferes with business . Women are ...
Page 90
... woman is left out mis- cegenation is considered perfectly proper . A good many Southern whites , perhaps the majority , consider the comely Negro lass their legitimate prey . Under these laws Negro women have absolutely no protection ...
... woman is left out mis- cegenation is considered perfectly proper . A good many Southern whites , perhaps the majority , consider the comely Negro lass their legitimate prey . Under these laws Negro women have absolutely no protection ...
Page 110
... woman and not mere gratifica- tion on the first woman that comes along — is , in short , a reaction of segregation . " With segregation as the basic factor , here are some of the details that go to make up the Negro attacker of white ...
... woman and not mere gratifica- tion on the first woman that comes along — is , in short , a reaction of segregation . " With segregation as the basic factor , here are some of the details that go to make up the Negro attacker of white ...
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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