Nealay

Dear Mr. Aronson, I really enjoyed your book, __Race: a History beyond Black and White__ for a number of reasons. First of all, I really like how you presented all the facts in a mostly un-biased way, but still put in some of your own thoughts and opinions. For example, on pages 208 and 209 of your book, you go on about how you dislike the Germans and how you believe that whatever they do, it will never be enough. And yet, you also talk about how some African Americans or Palestinians might feel the same way about you since you are Jewish. I think it was very good that you put in this thought in your book because it shows that you are just like everyone else when it comes to prejudice; it makes you connect with the reader in a way. It also gives an example of how when a person defines a group, they forget that not all people in the group are like that (e.g. some Germans might have been the most anti-Nazi people you would have ever met.) I also especially liked the end of your book and how you wrap it up all together. For example, I really liked how on the very last page (269), you talk about how we can overcome prejudice. I like your point in the “flash of an instant where we second guess ourselves and wonder if we are being prejudiced” is “a gift” from those influential leaders before us like Martin Luther King Jr. or Gandhi. Overall, I thought your book was very well written and I enjoyed reading it. Yours truly, Nealay Kalita