Abbi

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**University** **High School** **1212 W. Springfield Ave.** **Urbana****,** **IL** 9/29/08  Mark Aronson Author of __Race: A History Beyond Black and White__ Autheneum Books for Young Readers New York, NY  Dear Mr. Aronson, I have recently read your book, __Race: A History Beyond Black and White__. First of all, I would like to say that it’s like nothing I have read before. It’s obvious that you have put extensive research into the book. While reading this book I have learned and experienced new ideas. While reading __Race__, I noticed that you tended to skip around a lot. You would start to talk about one subject, which then lead you to talk about another, which related to another and you get my point. Although this conveyed a lot of information, I think that it made the book harder to read. It was like you were talking about one point, then you suddenly found another that you found more interesting. I really liked your book as a whole, but this confused me. Another point that I would like to bring up is on pg. 208. You first started talking about the Holocaust, then all of a sudden you started expressing your hate for Germans. I think that this was sort of unnecessary and out of place. I didn’t see the point in doing this, and this also confused me. Although some aspects of your book puzzled me, overall reading your book has given me many new ideas to think about further. I think that your story on Jane Elliott and her 3rd graders was very thought provoking. It shows that although we say we are a society in which race and physical differences don’t matter, when we put it to the test, we realize that we still truly believe in race and separation; slaves and masters. I have showed this story to my friends and they too think that it’s pretty amazing. Overall, reading your book has really been a learning experience. While doing so I have realized many new things, not only about the past, but about our society today too. Thanks for reading. Sincerely, Abbi Frings