Book Review of Race in North America Origin and Evolution of a Worldview written by Audrey Smedley

Book Review of Race in North America: Origin and Evolution of a Worldview written by Audrey Smedley SUMMARY According to Audrey Smedley, in Race in North America: Origin and Evolution of a Worldview, race is “a set of beliefs and attitudes about human differences, not the differences themselves.” However, most humans have been conditioned to believe that “race” has basically everything to do with biological and genetic differences among human populations that are visible and …showed first 75 words of 1359 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1359 total…behavior. Research has fully demonstrated that different human behaviors are the product of different cultural conditioning. Therefore, since human behavior is learned, then to a great extent, we can alter our social behavior and the conditions that give rise to it if want to. So, the question is, do we want to learn the truth so that we can change or would we rather to continue to have the beliefs that we were conditioned with?