Gould showed how to classify people into races and which race is supeior or inferior in this text. Blumenbach's 17th century theory of race is a typical example of how to distinguish races. He believed that Caucasians are the most beautiful race in the world, because they were created first in the world. However, he had dilemma, because he had noticed the mental and moral abilities of all people were equal. Therefore, Gould want to say that dividing all people into each races is less reliable, because it was based on expert's individual beliefs.
I think that race may be useful as a clue to know tendency of other traits, but people should not judge which race is superior in the world. Although some expertstry to classify all people into races in terms of characters, history and abilities, it is more important thing to accept each differences not as a group but as an individual. Gould need to explain his view of races deeply to help readers understanding this text.
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