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 36
... whites are impressed upon us . Do you suppose then we can remain passive whilst our most elementary rights are trampled upon ? Has taxation without representation ceased to be tyranny ? " Again look at the large number of discontented ...
... whites are impressed upon us . Do you suppose then we can remain passive whilst our most elementary rights are trampled upon ? Has taxation without representation ceased to be tyranny ? " Again look at the large number of discontented ...
Page 59
J. A. Rogers. what debased conditions ! Would whites have done any better think you ? Look at the very large number of whites in Europe and America , who , to use a Rooseveltian phrase ' can hardly pull their own weight . ' It is quite ...
J. A. Rogers. what debased conditions ! Would whites have done any better think you ? Look at the very large number of whites in Europe and America , who , to use a Rooseveltian phrase ' can hardly pull their own weight . ' It is quite ...
Page 68
... whites as a smoke screen for their own defects . In Europe the stronghold of the white race , instead of finding ... number of whites will boast of . The Spartan was not more un- flinchingly loyal to his country than we are , yet even ...
... whites as a smoke screen for their own defects . In Europe the stronghold of the white race , instead of finding ... number of whites will boast of . The Spartan was not more un- flinchingly loyal to his country than we are , yet even ...
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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