Yulun

 University Laboratory High School  1212 W. Springfield Ave.  9/30/08  Marc Aronson Author Atheneum Books New York   Mr. Aronson,   I think that your book contains some contradictions. From your text on page 176, I found that Darwin's theory could be used to support two of the pillars of racism saying that “These differences in our bodies cannot change” and “That is because they are inherited”. (2,3,176) Darwin's theory states that evolution is a process of weeding out the unfit, the weak, the ones unable to survive, because the unfit would be unable to have children because they would have died. (176) Meanwhile, the ones who were able to survive would have the “key trait” that allowed them to survive, and then the trait would be pass on to their children. (176) Darwin's Theory of Evolution supports certain parts of racism, yet you say that racism is based off of our own opinions and prejudices. You say that Darwin's Theory of Evolution is purely scientific, so it follows that Darwin's Theory of Evolution is free of anyone's opinion and prejudices. This means that Darwin's Theory of Evolution cannot support racism or be racist, because it lacks the causes of racism, **yet** Darwin's Theory of Evolution supports racist ideas. What I am trying to prove, is that Darwin's Theory of Evolution is not purely scientific. By the way, why in the world do you hate Germans? You should hate Hitler, the Nazis, those who supported the Holocaust, those who knew about and did nothing about the Holocaust, but NOT their children. What do their ancestors have to do with the current generation? Do you think that the Germans should be weeded out? Do you think Germans have a “killer gene”, a "supporter gene" and an "aloofness gene" that will be passed on to the next generation of Germans because these genes/characteristics cannot change, and will be inherited by the younger generation of Germans?  Sincerely,  Yulun Wu