Kaila

Marc Aronson Author Atheneum Books 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York , New York Dear Marc Aronson, I found that you are a very good author by using a lot of different things that fits the structure of the book __Race: A History beyond Black and White.__ There was very good vocabulary that you use to connect with such young readers such as ourselves also there are some very good points that you get across. For example the point that even though people thought that race was based science it was based more on opinions of dimwitted scholars. That being said there were a few things that I found distasteful. The first thing that bothered me was the inconsistent usage of black and African American. I thought that you needed to pick one term and stick with it. Also I didn’t like the part in chapter 16 where you come flat out and say that you hate Germans. I know because of what happened with some of your relatives that you would have a good reason to think badly of the Germans, but not all Germans are like that. Overall your book was good and told a different point of view towards race in America and other places around the world. Sincerely, Kaila Simpson