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After the reading, I felt more connected to people of other ethnicities. There are times when we separate ourselves from other cultures because we feel more comfortable being surrounded by what is familiar to us. Part 1 reminded me that we all descended from the same ancestors. It gave me a flashback to freshman year when I read part of Guns, Germs, and Steel. If anyone wants to read it, that book actually goes into depth about how communities developed differently. It explores the evolution of different groups and why some started practicing agriculture instead of staying as nomads in hunter-gatherer groups like the aboriginal australians. I love how although we are raised in different environments and have acquired different skill sets, we can still learn to get along. I’d like to praise the author for showcasing his metacognitive abilities within the book. Mr. Strayer put in one hundred times more insight into the prologue than my APUSH textbook did in 1300+ pages. Right from th...

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