Meg's AP Lang Blog

Hi everyone! I just finished Race. I've been reflecting on the many ideas that Aronson has presented throughout the book and started to think about the questions that this book has raised for me. I particularly enjoyed the last section, "Black Is a Way of Acting" because that is when Aronson shifted from more of the informational part of the book to analyzing all of the specific facts he has presented and forming abstract conclusions about them. Although I would have liked to hear more about Aronson's ideas for solving the racial issues and prejudice in our society today, it was still a great conclusion to the book. This ending section also brought up a few questions for me. Aronson mentions at the end of the book that "The impulse to hatred is imprinted in us, and we are deeply influenced by the time and place in which we live. But we are not helpless." (268). He praises those who have stood up to the monstrosities of racism that have occurred in the pa...

Hey guys! I've made it up to page 219 of Race. I really enjoyed this section, particularly because of how Aronson has applied all of the previous ideas from history to more modern events, like the Holocaust. In this section, I'm going to analyze the argument that Aronson is trying to make in this book. Overall, I think that there was more a purpose of this book  (to explain how the concept of race came to be) than an argument, but if I had to find one, I would say it's this: racism is more of a contemporary concept that our society has fabricated, but prejudice has existed since the beginning of time.  Along with that main argument, Aronson fills in the connections between the eternal prejudice and modern racism with boatloads of information. When I'm reading it, it doesn't seem to be argumentative or pushing a certain point. However, for the purpose of this blog assignment, I will focus on the argument above and show how Aronson gets this point across. T...