{"product_id":"race-marc-aronson-9780689865541","title":"Race: A History Beyond Black and White","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom historian Marc Aronson comes a thought-provoking, revelatory young adult nonfiction history of the origins of racism.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRace. You know it at a glance: he's black; she's white. They're Asian; we're Latino. Racism. I'm better; she's worse. Those people do those kinds of things. We all know it's wrong to make these judgments, but they come faster than thought. Why? Where did those feelings come from? Why are they so powerful? Why have millions been enslaved, murdered, denied their rights because of the color of their skin, the shape of their eyes? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis astounding book traces the history of racial prejudice in Western culture back to ancient Sumer and beyond. Greeks divided the world into civilized and barbarian, medieval men wrote about the traits of monstrous men until, finally, Enlightenment scientists scrap all those mythologies and come up with a new one: charts spelling out the traits of human races. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThroughout most of human history, slavery had nothing to do with race. In fact, the idea of race itself did not exist in the West before the 1600s. But once the idea was established and backed up by \"scientific\" theory, its influence grew with devastating consequences, from the appalling lynchings in the American South to the catastrophe known as the Holocaust in Europe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marc Aronson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0689865546\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780689865541\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atheneum Books for Young Readers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/06\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.08h x 6.28w x 1.02d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.8\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e119444 \/ Race: A History Beyond Black and White\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Review - Children\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2007 pg. 1102\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2007 pg. 41\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/11\/2007 pg. 38\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2007 pg. 127 - Recommended\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/17\/2007 pg. 53\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHorn Book Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2007 pg. 692\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2007 pg. 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVoice of Youth Advocates\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2008 pg. 553 - Recommended - Better Than Most\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2008 pg. 83","brand":"Marc Aronson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44055911596287,"sku":"9780689865541","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ce6365bd-d8af-4827-a5a4-fea447a3612e.jpg?v=1685038500","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/race-marc-aronson-9780689865541","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}