In Andrew Hacker's book, Two Nations, Hacker argues that blacks and whites live in two different worlds. He uses statistical evidence to prove that the United States is a nation of inequality, hostility, and separatism. Hacker uses a quote from Benjamin Disraeli in the preface that basically sums up his entire book,

"Two nations, between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each others habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets."

This book reveals to all the real dimensions of race and how it controls lives and divides society. Hacker analyzes race in every aspect imaginable, such as politics, education, and crime. He shows how those in power use race as means of discrimination and domination.

One issue Hacker addresses is Affirmative Action. I agree with his assertion that whites are afraid of it because they believe that "it is enabling black America to be weak and subservient to the dictates of the society." However, Affirmative Action may be one of the few programs designed to help blacks.

I also agreed with Hacker's notion that society concentrates solely on "black crime

," but then looks away in instances of "white crime." By "white crime", Hacker means non-violent crimes like embezzlement and "black crimes" are the violent crimes like murder. Because society sees "black crimes" as more dangerous, they tend to ignore "white crimes."

There was one section in this book that really touched a nerve. Hacker tends to think that his race is the only one that has suffered discrimination. He dismisses Hispanic and Asian discrimination as not so bad. He also says that terms like "kike" and "spic" do not have the same impact on a person as the term "nigger." Being Jewish, I find it quite annoying that Hacker thinks he can answer for me by saying the term "kike" doesn't hurt my feelings as much as the term "nigger" hurts his. The Jews have been discriminated against more than anyone can possibly comprehend. From the inception of the Nazi party in 1933, Jews were deprived of all their civil right, persecuted, imprisoned and murdered. Eventually, they were herded into concentration camps in an attempt to eventually exterminate them all. During World War II, the Nazis had killed 6 million Jews out of a population of 8 million. Over the period of TWELVE YEARS 6 million Jews were murdered! Therefore, I believe that I have a stake to the claim of being a member of an ethnic

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