卡尔·范维克顿作为参与哈莱姆文艺复兴运动的一位主要白人代表,对于哈莱姆文艺复兴走向高潮起到了推动作用。随着其颇受争议的小说《黑鬼楼座》的发表,这一运动也达到了高潮。哈莱姆文艺复兴期间,黑人们从包括文学在内的各个方面极力推崇黑人的原始性,卡尔·范维克顿作为一名不被白人种族甚至自己父亲接受的同性恋作家,加入到了哈莱姆文艺复兴中,帮助黑人宣传黑人文化,在作品中体现黑人的原始性,从而推动他的黑人朋友们融入白人社区。 Karl van Vekton, a prominent white representative to the Harlem Renaissance, played a catalytic role in the climax of Harlem Renaissance. The campaign culminated with the publication of its controversial novel, The Niggas. During the renaissance in Haarlem, blacks advocated the originality of black people from all aspects including literature. As a homosexual writer who was not accepted by white race or even his own father, Carl van Vetton joined the Harlem Renaissance , To help black people promote black culture, in the works reflects the original black people, thereby promoting his black friends into the white community.