Ending "Race": Final Thoughts
Welcome back, readers! I have finished reading Mark Aronson’s “Race”. Aronson finished his extensive history of race and racism by discussing the civil rights era as well as modern racial bias. This week, I’d like to conclude my blog by giving my thoughts on the book as a whole. Aronson summarizes his thoughts on race in the final section titled “In Every Age” in which he says he believes “that human beings are prejudiced,” (Page 267). He later adds an uplifting quote from a Jewish song: “In every age, a hero or sage came to our aid,” (Page 268). This is a refreshing contrast to the main themes throughout the book. While yes, we feel the need to create an “us and them” type of society and find it easier to make prejudicial assumptions about certain groups, we are not hopeless people. Everyone has the choice to see everyone as equals no matter how ingrained in us it is to think otherwise. The reason that this inspiring tone is not utilized until the ending of the book is beca...