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 43
... woman is far more sexually conscious than primi- tive woman . Women , primitive or civilized , are naturally immodest . Modesty , or what passes for it , has been forced on them by man because sex interferes with business . Women are ...
... woman is far more sexually conscious than primi- tive woman . Women , primitive or civilized , are naturally immodest . Modesty , or what passes for it , has been forced on them by man because sex interferes with business . Women are ...
Page 110
... woman and not mere gratifica- tion on the first woman that comes along - is , in short , a reaction of segregation . " With segregation as the basic factor , here are some of the details that go to make up the Negro attacker of white ...
... woman and not mere gratifica- tion on the first woman that comes along - is , in short , a reaction of segregation . " With segregation as the basic factor , here are some of the details that go to make up the Negro attacker of white ...
Page 125
... woman told me of how she took her little boy to see the picture and she said that when he saw the Negro attacking the white woman , ( as it is in the picture ) he said he felt as if he could kill every Negro . I know nothing about the ...
... woman told me of how she took her little boy to see the picture and she said that when he saw the Negro attacking the white woman , ( as it is in the picture ) he said he felt as if he could kill every Negro . I know nothing about the ...
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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