possibly even for the future. All races and cultures were singled out if they were not perceived to be white.I strongly believe that people should not be judged on appearance. It is true that everyone sees one from the outside, but it is what is on the inside that is important. It is almost that people dont know any better, because this is the way which they were brought up. When someone is brought up in a certain manner they do not always know what is necessarily right or what is wrong. Jacobson believes that it is important to study the history of Euro-ethnic groups in the U.S., because people should not be able to look at different races and cultures. There is a power struggle between the races to take control over economics, cultural and political resources.In the Jacobson book a large part that caught my eye was, how the ideas of race changed throughout the years. There was a historical shift from racializing European ethnic groups to using color to determine race. I think that this is still going on today. If you would walk into any middle school, you would most likely see kids separated by color. You would see the White kids, the African American, Oriental kids, and then the rest of the minorities as it is said to be. This is how a lot of children grow up. It is very sad, but also very true. These children may grow up in a house that has a little bit of prejudice for one reason or another, or maybe for no reason at all. If you grow up a certain way you do not know any better. For example: if you grow up having your parents beating you, than you may think that is okay until one day when you go to your friends house and see how loving their family is. Only then will you realize when something is not going right.Another book that we had to read was, Women Race & Class, by Angela Y. Davis. This book was a very powerful book about womens rights. Davis begins her book by talking about slavery. She starts off this way...
