The Mulatto to His Critics |
Eugenical News
Volume VII (7), Number 8 (August, 1922)
page 100
Joseph S. Cotter, Jr., gives this answer to the critics of the mulatto:
“Ashamed of my race?
And of what race am I?
I am many in one.
Through my veins there flows the blood
Of Red Man, Black Man, Briton, Celt, and Scot,
In warring clash and tumultuous riot.
I welcome all,
But love the blood of the kindly race
That swarths my skin, crinkles my hair,
And puts sweet music into my soul.”