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Sex and Race, Vol. 3: Why White and Black Mix in Spite of Opposition
Sex and Race, Vol. 3: Why White and Black Mix in Spite of Opposition, The book is in very good condition. It does have the original dust jacket but it does show some signs of wear. The book hardcovers and interior pages are in great shape. I've taken several pictures to show the conditions. Upon request, more photos can be provided. Fifth Edition 1972
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First published January 1, 1967
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J.A. Rogers
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Joel Augustus Rogers was a Jamaican-American author, journalist, and historian who contributed to the history of Africa and the African diaspora, especially the history of African Americans in the United States. His research spanned the academic fields of history, sociology and anthropology. He challenged prevailing ideas about race, demonstrated the connections between civilizations, and traced African achievements. He was one of the greatest popularizers of African history in the 20th century.
Joel Augustus Rogers was a Jamaican-American author, journalist, and historian who contributed to the history of Africa and the African diaspora, especially the history of African Americans in the United States. His research spanned the academic fields of history, sociology and anthropology. He challenged prevailing ideas about race, demonstrated the connections between civilizations, and traced African achievements. He was one of the greatest popularizers of African history in the 20th century.
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June 26, 2024
THE THIRD AND FINAL VOLUME IN A WIDE-RANGING SERIES
Joel Augustus Rogers (1880-1966) was a Jamaican-American author, journalist, and historian. He wrote in the introductory “Remarks” to this 1944 book, “Certain orthodox scholars, white and colored, have not liked the history as given in the two preceding volumes of ‘Sex and Race,’ as well as in my earlier books… And I have been ridiculed not on the result of research, not on examination of the sources which I have given abundantly, but on sheer belief… the research I had done was off the beaten track of the college curriculum, therefore, it did not exist…Race prejudice is responsible too, in part… So racial are such people that when one attributes Negro ancestry even to an ancient Greek or Egyptian it is… a lowering of their own personal dignity… Any talk of Negro progress angers many. If the blacks advance who will they have to be better than?...
“I hasten to add that I am not accusing all the leading historians of catering to white imperialism. Some as H.G. Wells, Hendrik Van Loon, and Arnold J. Toynbee, have made striking utterances against race prejudice. I believe that these latter accepted the popular white view of history without thinking that there was another side… For instance, Toynbee, who is one of the most unprejudiced of historians, attributes a civilization to even the Polynesian but denies any to the Negro…
“Let me express here once again my theory of so-called race. It is this: There is a single human race, which by imperceptible degrees shades from the blond of the Scandinavian to the blackness of the Senegambian … with the Sicilian or the Maltese somewhere in the center… when I see anywhere … an individual whose appearance is Negroid… if his facial contour, his lips, nose, hair present what a lifetime of observation has taught me are signs of Negro inheritance, I say that that person had a Negro ancestor near or distant… Similarly, if I see anywhere an individual whose appearance is Caucasian… I set that person down as white… there are dear souls who will say that I exaggerate when I call these apparently white persons ‘Negroes.’ Would such kindly address themselves to the United States Census Bureau which decrees that if one has a known Negro ancestor, he is a Negro.”
He laments, “A large number of colored women… believe that in order for their children to be of any consequence, they must be light-skinned and flossy-haired… The bias of the Aframerican woman is decidedly toward having light-colored children with straight hair. Negro hair is quite popularly described as ‘bad’ hair, and is disappearing, at least to outward appearance, under a flood of anti-kink preparations. Black children, in orphan asylums, stand a better chance of adoption by white women than by colored women. The latter select the lightest babies, which they will wheel down the street with great pride.” (Pg. 69)
He acknowledges, “The color prejudice of some Negroes against other Negroes is sometimes stronger than that of some whites against Negroes. There are white men who would more readily marry a black woman than would some mulattoes. There are also unmixed blacks who do not like to see other unmixed blacks about.” (Pg. 72)
He states, “Mere curiosity … prompts many colored men to see white women… A still more powerful factor is revenge. Many Negroes seek white women, and sometimes treat them very badly hoping to get even with white men… It is this feeling also the inspires many assaults on white women.” (Pg. 90)
He suggests, “The reason why the primitive African has no desire for white women while the American negro has toa considerable extent is because the latter finds himself a member of a white society with the same economic urges and training as white Americans. At the same time the white woman is set up as grand prize by the ruling class, which indeed she is, if exploitation on the ground of whiteness, is to survive.” (Pg. 92)
He observes, “It is sometimes impossible to tell by the features of the newly-born child whether it is Caucasian, Negro or Mongolian. No matter how aquiline its nose may be later, at birth it is as flat as the ape’s… all babies, when born with hair on their heads, have straight hair… Nor is there much difference as to color, the black or the white coloring… coming with the years, which is perhaps proof that earliest man was neither black nor white, but something more of a mulatto color, and that a black skin and a white one are later evolutions.” (Pg. 181)
He points out, “The insufficient pigment in the skin of the whites… makes them less resistant not only to tropical heat but to certain diseases… Thus it will be seen that skin color---the very thing that is used as that badge of Negro inferiority seems to stamp the Negro as a superior in certain respects… Had nature intended tropical man to toil like a beast of burden she would not have given him such easily obtained food, clothing, and shelter.” (Pg. 216-217)
He argues, “no children are ever born black, not even those of unmixed Negro parents in Central Africa. A newly-born African baby is of a darkish salmon color; while in the United States where unmixed Negroes are usually lighter, it is often impossible to tell at birth whether the child is white or colored, unless one sees its parents.” (Pg. 223-224)
He notes, “Just as American has contributed greatly to the economic betterment of Europe, who once looked down upon her, so has the Negro contributed greatly to the wealth of white America… Artistically and musically, too, America would have been poorer. As for laughter and comedy, it would be even worse off. American comedy, song, and dance has a decidedly Negro flavor. In a word, it is the Negro who puts the merry in America… When history is written a century hence, the Negro will be given his place among those in the first rank for his role in the building of not only the United States but the rest of the New World.” (Pg. 254-255)
This series will be of great interest to those studying African-American and Africana issues.
Joel Augustus Rogers (1880-1966) was a Jamaican-American author, journalist, and historian. He wrote in the introductory “Remarks” to this 1944 book, “Certain orthodox scholars, white and colored, have not liked the history as given in the two preceding volumes of ‘Sex and Race,’ as well as in my earlier books… And I have been ridiculed not on the result of research, not on examination of the sources which I have given abundantly, but on sheer belief… the research I had done was off the beaten track of the college curriculum, therefore, it did not exist…Race prejudice is responsible too, in part… So racial are such people that when one attributes Negro ancestry even to an ancient Greek or Egyptian it is… a lowering of their own personal dignity… Any talk of Negro progress angers many. If the blacks advance who will they have to be better than?...
“I hasten to add that I am not accusing all the leading historians of catering to white imperialism. Some as H.G. Wells, Hendrik Van Loon, and Arnold J. Toynbee, have made striking utterances against race prejudice. I believe that these latter accepted the popular white view of history without thinking that there was another side… For instance, Toynbee, who is one of the most unprejudiced of historians, attributes a civilization to even the Polynesian but denies any to the Negro…
“Let me express here once again my theory of so-called race. It is this: There is a single human race, which by imperceptible degrees shades from the blond of the Scandinavian to the blackness of the Senegambian … with the Sicilian or the Maltese somewhere in the center… when I see anywhere … an individual whose appearance is Negroid… if his facial contour, his lips, nose, hair present what a lifetime of observation has taught me are signs of Negro inheritance, I say that that person had a Negro ancestor near or distant… Similarly, if I see anywhere an individual whose appearance is Caucasian… I set that person down as white… there are dear souls who will say that I exaggerate when I call these apparently white persons ‘Negroes.’ Would such kindly address themselves to the United States Census Bureau which decrees that if one has a known Negro ancestor, he is a Negro.”
He laments, “A large number of colored women… believe that in order for their children to be of any consequence, they must be light-skinned and flossy-haired… The bias of the Aframerican woman is decidedly toward having light-colored children with straight hair. Negro hair is quite popularly described as ‘bad’ hair, and is disappearing, at least to outward appearance, under a flood of anti-kink preparations. Black children, in orphan asylums, stand a better chance of adoption by white women than by colored women. The latter select the lightest babies, which they will wheel down the street with great pride.” (Pg. 69)
He acknowledges, “The color prejudice of some Negroes against other Negroes is sometimes stronger than that of some whites against Negroes. There are white men who would more readily marry a black woman than would some mulattoes. There are also unmixed blacks who do not like to see other unmixed blacks about.” (Pg. 72)
He states, “Mere curiosity … prompts many colored men to see white women… A still more powerful factor is revenge. Many Negroes seek white women, and sometimes treat them very badly hoping to get even with white men… It is this feeling also the inspires many assaults on white women.” (Pg. 90)
He suggests, “The reason why the primitive African has no desire for white women while the American negro has toa considerable extent is because the latter finds himself a member of a white society with the same economic urges and training as white Americans. At the same time the white woman is set up as grand prize by the ruling class, which indeed she is, if exploitation on the ground of whiteness, is to survive.” (Pg. 92)
He observes, “It is sometimes impossible to tell by the features of the newly-born child whether it is Caucasian, Negro or Mongolian. No matter how aquiline its nose may be later, at birth it is as flat as the ape’s… all babies, when born with hair on their heads, have straight hair… Nor is there much difference as to color, the black or the white coloring… coming with the years, which is perhaps proof that earliest man was neither black nor white, but something more of a mulatto color, and that a black skin and a white one are later evolutions.” (Pg. 181)
He points out, “The insufficient pigment in the skin of the whites… makes them less resistant not only to tropical heat but to certain diseases… Thus it will be seen that skin color---the very thing that is used as that badge of Negro inferiority seems to stamp the Negro as a superior in certain respects… Had nature intended tropical man to toil like a beast of burden she would not have given him such easily obtained food, clothing, and shelter.” (Pg. 216-217)
He argues, “no children are ever born black, not even those of unmixed Negro parents in Central Africa. A newly-born African baby is of a darkish salmon color; while in the United States where unmixed Negroes are usually lighter, it is often impossible to tell at birth whether the child is white or colored, unless one sees its parents.” (Pg. 223-224)
He notes, “Just as American has contributed greatly to the economic betterment of Europe, who once looked down upon her, so has the Negro contributed greatly to the wealth of white America… Artistically and musically, too, America would have been poorer. As for laughter and comedy, it would be even worse off. American comedy, song, and dance has a decidedly Negro flavor. In a word, it is the Negro who puts the merry in America… When history is written a century hence, the Negro will be given his place among those in the first rank for his role in the building of not only the United States but the rest of the New World.” (Pg. 254-255)
This series will be of great interest to those studying African-American and Africana issues.
March 19, 2018
The 3rd of three volumes. . . an encyclopedic set from an original perspective. His books on this aspect will and probably should not prevent people from claiming a phenotype, 'race' or ethnicity.
It should be clear, however, that the apparently youngest race (Europoids) or so called 'whites,' emanate from and contain mixtures of darker skinned types (Africoids). This book, and the others in the set, is not a promotion of miscegenation (and thus less diversity), merely an acknowledgement of its global historic occurrence . . . probably simply due to humans natural propensity to travel and to propagate the human race (i.e., via sex with other humans).
A star is removed for Rogers' seeming fascination with Europoids, although I suppose it could hardly have been helped in this particular case, fully knowing that they are mere children in the long span of human time and civilizations.
It should be clear, however, that the apparently youngest race (Europoids) or so called 'whites,' emanate from and contain mixtures of darker skinned types (Africoids). This book, and the others in the set, is not a promotion of miscegenation (and thus less diversity), merely an acknowledgement of its global historic occurrence . . . probably simply due to humans natural propensity to travel and to propagate the human race (i.e., via sex with other humans).
A star is removed for Rogers' seeming fascination with Europoids, although I suppose it could hardly have been helped in this particular case, fully knowing that they are mere children in the long span of human time and civilizations.
December 22, 2023
A good closing book to the volume
January 22, 2012
I love all of his books! Mr. Rogers go beyond the call of duty in presenting evidence to awaken the not knowing to a wold that exist within side themselves. The topics in which J.A. ROGERS present is evident that our so called school systems are failing our youth in providing the proper education & facts in side the class room. This is what the government has always been doing since day one. Let us wake up & return to our original state!!
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August 9, 2008This ISBN is missing the last 2 numbers
0-9602294-1-8 or 0-9602294-I-8
0-9602294-1-8 or 0-9602294-I-8
March 28, 2009
There is no such thing as a person of pure race. Thanks J.A. Rogers!
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October 17, 2009Great information regarding nature.
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