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 10
... matter of climate , that's all . Climes reversed , it would have been the South that wanted abolition . It was a matter of business with you , not sentiment . You Northerners , who had an in- terest in slavery , were bitterly opposed to ...
... matter of climate , that's all . Climes reversed , it would have been the South that wanted abolition . It was a matter of business with you , not sentiment . You Northerners , who had an in- terest in slavery , were bitterly opposed to ...
Page 32
... matter of bodily beauty certain African peoples easily excel the white man . The Zulus , a black people , are the suc cessors of the ancient Greeks in beauty of physique . J. H. Balmer , explorer and lecturer , says : " " The Zulus are ...
... matter of bodily beauty certain African peoples easily excel the white man . The Zulus , a black people , are the suc cessors of the ancient Greeks in beauty of physique . J. H. Balmer , explorer and lecturer , says : " " The Zulus are ...
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... matter of time and conditions than of people or place . Cannibalism has been common to all mankind . The roasting alive of human beings in the South is but a relic of cannibalism , and one can well imagine those ghouls eating the flesh ...
... matter of time and conditions than of people or place . Cannibalism has been common to all mankind . The roasting alive of human beings in the South is but a relic of cannibalism , and one can well imagine those ghouls eating the flesh ...
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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