Marc Aronson is a historian, publisher, and award winning author. He is famously known for writing For Boys Only: The Biggest Baddest Book Ever, and The Real Revolution: The Global Story of American History, and most recently became the national spokesman for the History Channel. Marc Aronson is trying to prove that all societies had a form of racism, and each society changed as the racism changed.
The Greek society had racism. The Greeks had this theory that your intelligence and athletic ability was based on your climate and geography. For an example, the Greeks thought that the Persians were smart but weak, because their climate was warmer than Greece. They also though that anyone to the north or the east of their location were strong but …show more content…
When the Declaration of Independence was written, it stated that all men should be created equal, but yet at the time, most Africans were still seen as inferior and were still slaves. In the 1800s, some of the American people started lynching Africans, simply because they were seen as subordinate. Lynching became such a big issue, because it was occurring often as one to every four days , and 9 out of the 10 victims were Africans. From 1889 to 1936, almost 4,000 African lives were taken due to lynching. Practically, as American society changed with new inventions, the hate for Africans only grew stronger, which led to the Civil Rights …show more content…
A strength of the author's argument is that this book is an eye opener when it comes to racism. It shows you that racism is still ongoing and is still a problem. This could be persuasive for someone that thinks that racism is an issue that is fixed, or for people that are racists to take a step back and look at how wrong racism is.
One strength of the author’s argument is that he is thought-provoking. There will be several times when you will stumble upon one of these thought-provoking questions. For an example, Aronson brings up the point that the term “black” was connected to the term “slave”, but what did that mean for the Asians, Native Americans, Irish, and so on,it left the question “who was white, and who was
The Greek society had racism. The Greeks had this theory that your intelligence and athletic ability was based on your climate and geography. For an example, the Greeks thought that the Persians were smart but weak, because their climate was warmer than Greece. They also though that anyone to the north or the east of their location were strong but …show more content…
When the Declaration of Independence was written, it stated that all men should be created equal, but yet at the time, most Africans were still seen as inferior and were still slaves. In the 1800s, some of the American people started lynching Africans, simply because they were seen as subordinate. Lynching became such a big issue, because it was occurring often as one to every four days , and 9 out of the 10 victims were Africans. From 1889 to 1936, almost 4,000 African lives were taken due to lynching. Practically, as American society changed with new inventions, the hate for Africans only grew stronger, which led to the Civil Rights …show more content…
A strength of the author's argument is that this book is an eye opener when it comes to racism. It shows you that racism is still ongoing and is still a problem. This could be persuasive for someone that thinks that racism is an issue that is fixed, or for people that are racists to take a step back and look at how wrong racism is.
One strength of the author’s argument is that he is thought-provoking. There will be several times when you will stumble upon one of these thought-provoking questions. For an example, Aronson brings up the point that the term “black” was connected to the term “slave”, but what did that mean for the Asians, Native Americans, Irish, and so on,it left the question “who was white, and who was