Logan B's Race by Marc Aronson Blog

In my last post, I had received a comment asking if I was slavery would be very difficult to avoid based on Aronson's theory. This I think, relates to relevance and current events in the best way possible. No, I do not think slavery was avoidable and that relates to the social status of people in the world today as well as their sexuality, and other things such as religion. People are always going to disagree with a topic such as racism or discriminating against religion or the LGBTQ community. Some will also be very supportive of these topics. I think it is impossible to avoid an issue of this extent because people are always given the option to pick a side. You are either straight or something else, you either agree with racism or you don't, you are either rich or poor. Many people have a bland outlook on issues and they will often turn into a bad issue. With racism, it started with people who disagreed with people of color being together with people that were white, today so...

In the way Aronson presents his argument, it makes it feel as though he knows the wrongs behind slavery but also believes that it is foundational to America. When bringing up the history underlying slavery he brings up many societies that differ from each other. While he understands that slavery is wrong, he brings up all the facts on how race was figured out which is what this section of reading is mainly about. By using subsections stating that one race could not be another, it shows that without our past time we may still be unsure about what race is as a concept. His main argument is not to prove or disprove that slavery was a good or bad idea but to show how we got to modern-day forms of racism. While we as American's may not think of slavery to a degree of someone who is colored, we know that the concept is flawed which is what Aronson speaks about. Throughout the book, Aronson leads up to how our racial divide happened and how race was defined in the first place. When Aron...

Race is a hard topic to discuss as it is one of the most controversial topics of all time. While Aronson is very stylistic and uses many rhetorical strategies to relay his common message about race, his biggest stylistic choice is relating race back to when it first started and using personal experiences. The beginning of the introduction brings up the idea of prejudice. The author establishes their credibility when they speak upon an issue that occurred when he and his son were waiting in line to buy ice cream and a drink. A group of young black men were huddled around the counter where your orders would be taken. They were having a good time and laughing but soon the issue began. The person taking the orders had accused one of the boys of taking money out of the tip jar. The author explains that he was sure the young man stole the money out of the tip jar because teenagers in a group take the money and he says he did when he was younger. Then he says something very interesting. ...