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 32
... superior of other races . A male Zulu has the strength , endurance and body of a prizefighter in the pink of condition . Their shoulders are broad , their chests deep , their waists slim . Their women are the strongest females ...
... superior of other races . A male Zulu has the strength , endurance and body of a prizefighter in the pink of condition . Their shoulders are broad , their chests deep , their waists slim . Their women are the strongest females ...
Page 52
... superior and inferior beings . The science of inequality is emphatically a science of white people . It is they who have in- vented it , and set it going , who have maintained , cherished , and propagated it , thanks to their ...
... superior and inferior beings . The science of inequality is emphatically a science of white people . It is they who have in- vented it , and set it going , who have maintained , cherished , and propagated it , thanks to their ...
Page 58
... superior weapons for taking life , his more high developed in- tellect , and keener predatory instincts , has a decided advantage over the natives . But he must be re - enforced from time to time by fresh numbers or he , too , is likely ...
... superior weapons for taking life , his more high developed in- tellect , and keener predatory instincts , has a decided advantage over the natives . But he must be re - enforced from time to time by fresh numbers or he , too , is likely ...
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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