Julia

Dear Marc Aronson, I thought __Race__ was really interesting in many ways. __Race__ was well written, and it made a lot of good points that I never really thought about, so it invited me to read more. When we read the last chapter, I decided to read all the parts of the book we didn't read. It was that interesting for me. The saddest thing was the "whites" lynching African Americans just because they were of African descent, and I thought, how could they do that and then casually send postcards of it? But there is one thing that I didn't think is good. I didn't feel like you went beyond "black and white" very much. A lot of what you talked about was about people that had white skin. Like the Italians and the Irish. Many of the chapters were about whites and their theories, with a sprinkling of other races here and there. I liked the way you started some of your chapters, with the stories in italics. It made the story stand out, and I looked forward to reading the story at each chapter. I felt sorry for the boy who had to take care of what he wore, or else he'd be teased. Sometimes I feel that way. I also felt sorry for the boy who had to target all his pain at black males.Overall, __Race__ was an excellent book, and I enjoyed it a lot. Sincerely, Julia Zuo