Race: A History Beyond Black and White They're Asian; we're Latino. Why? Where did those feelings come from? Why are they so powerful? Why have millions been enslaved, murdered, denied their rights because of the color of their skin, the
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| Title | : | Race: A History Beyond Black and White |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.66 (247 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0689865546 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2007-11-06 |
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Editorial : Race: a noun or a verb? To raceTo compete. White Black Yellow Red Brown: A race. Human beings: the race made from all races no matter how we compete for prestigepowerraw materialsresources. Marc Aronson in his intelligent easy to ready exploration of Race is asking questions that we all need to ponder for in reality there is only one race: against time to save ourselves from the foolishness of race hatredrace baitingrace pride. This is a book to read with your whole family to discover which side of the race you are on. -- Nikki Giovanni
Race. You know it at a glance: he's black; she's white. They're Asian; we're Latino. Racism. I'm better; she's worse. Those people do those kinds of things. We all know it's wrong to make these judgments, but they come faster than thought. Why? Where did those feelings come from? Why are they so powerful? Why have millions been enslaved, murdered, denied their rights because of the color of their skin, the shape of their eyes? Acclaimed young-adult historian Marc Aronson tackles these and other questions in this astounding book, which traces the history of racial prejudice in Western culture back to ancient Sumer and beyond. He shows us Greeks dividing the world into civilized and barbarian, medieval men writing about the traits of monstrous men, until, finally, Enlightenment scientists scrap all those mythologies and come up with a new one: charts spelling out the traits of human races. Aronson's journey of discovery yields many surprising discoveries. For instance, throughout mo
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