Racial Theories

Rating:
Summary: Defining Race and Society
Review: I had to read this particular work for my American Race Relations Class at Rutgers University. If you are interested in how the concept of "race" developed, and Western society has used it through history, this work is useful in understanding those concepts and theories that would be applied in Western society. You will learn how the concepts would become corrupted into what we know today as racism and such. Honestly, the book is fairly bland academic reading, with very little "real life" situations. The author attempts as much objectivity as possible, but the text tends to be even more philosophical about the definitions regarding society and race than necessary. In essence, a detailed account of how race is used in and it affects society. However, its more than dense enough to turn off the average reader. There are more interesting works that describe the same concepts through the way people use them and interact with each other. However, in understanding the theory and the concept behind the social construct, this work is reccommendable.

Rating:
Summary: Defining Race and Society
Review: I had to read this particular work for my American Race Relations Class at Rutgers University. If you are interested in how the concept of "race" developed, and Western society has used it through history, this work is useful in understanding those concepts and theories that would be applied in Western society. You will learn how the concepts would become corrupted into what we know today as racism and such. Honestly, the book is fairly bland academic reading, with very little "real life" situations. The author attempts as much objectivity as possible, but the text tends to be even more philosophical about the definitions regarding society and race than necessary. In essence, a detailed account of how race is used in and it affects society. However, its more than dense enough to turn off the average reader. There are more interesting works that describe the same concepts through the way people use them and interact with each other. However, in understanding the theory and the concept behind the social construct, this work is reccommendable.