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 9
... racial superiority appar- ently incited the other white peoples , most of whom were enemies to one another , to unite against the Germans in 1914 . Will the doctrine of white superiority over the darker races produce a similar result to ...
... racial superiority appar- ently incited the other white peoples , most of whom were enemies to one another , to unite against the Germans in 1914 . Will the doctrine of white superiority over the darker races produce a similar result to ...
Page 112
... darker races in larger numbers , simply does not work . The temptation to exploit them reduces the injunc- tions of Christ to merest mouthings , as in the Southern States , Australia , India and all Africa . The religion of the Latin races ...
... darker races in larger numbers , simply does not work . The temptation to exploit them reduces the injunc- tions of Christ to merest mouthings , as in the Southern States , Australia , India and all Africa . The religion of the Latin races ...
Page 124
... darker races are at the stage where an insult to one is an insult to all And don't forget that the darker races outnumber the whites four to one . If this sort of thing keeps on , the day will surely come when white men will find as ...
... darker races are at the stage where an insult to one is an insult to all And don't forget that the darker races outnumber the whites four to one . If this sort of thing keeps on , the day will surely come when white men will find as ...
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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