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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... beauty are also different from ours . The Japanese do not like the noses and eyes of the Caucasian , which happen to be the very parts of Japanese physiognomy the Caucasians like least . Now , as Von Luschan asks , ' Which of these ...
... beauty are also different from ours . The Japanese do not like the noses and eyes of the Caucasian , which happen to be the very parts of Japanese physiognomy the Caucasians like least . Now , as Von Luschan asks , ' Which of these ...
Page 32
... beauty is only one side of the story . Venus and Apollo , as you will remember , are as famous for their beauty of bodily outline as for their facial contour , perhaps more so . And in a matter of bodily beauty certain African peoples ...
... beauty is only one side of the story . Venus and Apollo , as you will remember , are as famous for their beauty of bodily outline as for their facial contour , perhaps more so . And in a matter of bodily beauty certain African peoples ...
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... beauty , certain types of colored women are the peers of any . The bewitching languor of form and voice , the placid depth of the soft , sparkling eye , and flawless texture of skin , combine with a disposition of artless amiability to ...
... beauty , certain types of colored women are the peers of any . The bewitching languor of form and voice , the placid depth of the soft , sparkling eye , and flawless texture of skin , combine with a disposition of artless amiability to ...
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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 feel 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 prejudice primitive prove question racial rape replied Dixon segregation self-respect sexual skin slavery slaves smoker so-called social equality South South America Southern speak 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