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A review by heidirgreen
Is Science Racist? by Jonathan Marks
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.