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 37
... native whites as well . Just look at names on the signs along any business street or in any directory ! Indeed , the most American group of whites is the most decadent of all , —for example the whites of the Southern States , like ...
... native whites as well . Just look at names on the signs along any business street or in any directory ! Indeed , the most American group of whites is the most decadent of all , —for example the whites of the Southern States , like ...
Page 58
... native . Blackburn , speaking of this , says : - " In Africa , the animalistic , self - indulgent white man approximates yet nearer the animal ; the intellectually active , destitute of the stimu- lus of conversation and encounter with ...
... native . Blackburn , speaking of this , says : - " In Africa , the animalistic , self - indulgent white man approximates yet nearer the animal ; the intellectually active , destitute of the stimu- lus of conversation and encounter with ...
Page 111
... Native life is seen at its crudest , white women have no fear and they pass freely in and out among the Native population , safe and unharmed , never dreaming of danger . It is when natives and low - class white men come in contact with ...
... Native life is seen at its crudest , white women have no fear and they pass freely in and out among the Native population , safe and unharmed , never dreaming of danger . It is when natives and low - class white men come in contact with ...
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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