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samcam55's review
read for a comparative studies class my sophomore year of college. Marks brings up interesting points but although the book was only one-hundred-something pages, i felt it could have been even shorter. points were reiterated too frequently, but they were insightful.
heidirgreen's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 stars.
This is a very slight book, but there’s a decent amount of information packed into it. I have read a few other books about the concept of race, and this gave me some new questions and areas to think about. I didn’t love the writing style - in parts it was academic and overwritten, in others in was straight to the point and quick-witted. I would have preferred an entire book of the latter. Also, I felt that the author was quite discriminatory to people with religious beliefs. He made digs while writing about how racism is wrong, which was hypocritical and could alienate anyone with a different belief system to him.
This is a very slight book, but there’s a decent amount of information packed into it. I have read a few other books about the concept of race, and this gave me some new questions and areas to think about. I didn’t love the writing style - in parts it was academic and overwritten, in others in was straight to the point and quick-witted. I would have preferred an entire book of the latter. Also, I felt that the author was quite discriminatory to people with religious beliefs. He made digs while writing about how racism is wrong, which was hypocritical and could alienate anyone with a different belief system to him.
fi0n0's review
3.0
A helpful primer before tackling Angela Saini’s Superior. A brief overview of some key (flawed) studies into biodiversity and raises some interesting points about whether science can ever be unbiased. Ironically, for someone so against racism, Mark repeatedly bashes a particular group of people of faith in his narrative.
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