Ronald Takaki uses the narrative of the “Giddy Multitude” to demonstrate how the colonial elite used race and the idea of blackness to develop a social system of classification. White identity formation was made possible for white elite through certain types of work and the ability to accumulate assets. Social status also contributed to the economic context of competition over land. The law in Virginia was a legal factor that also contributed to the making of whiteness because it allowed poor whites
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American identity has been created by many events throughout the course of history. This country was founded on the clashing and mixing of many different cultures and lifestyles. One of the most important periods of time for this country was during the period of conflict between Americans and Native Americans over land rights. Americans had an idea of manifest destiny and that this land was theirs for the taking. The Americans were going to walk through anyone who opposed them in this quest for
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Throughout history many ethnic cliques have experienced abuse and distrust from our American society. The people in America seem to be less understanding‚ and less willing to accept cultures different from their own‚ at least years ago. Groups such as the Indians‚ the African Americans‚ and the Immigrants‚ fall deeply into this category. The situations and struggles they have gone through are greatly explained in Ronald Takaki’s novel‚ “A Different Mirror‚ A History of a Multicultural America.” Although
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of the Plains Indians was to be determined not by a battle with guns or bows and arrows‚ but by a change in policy by the American government. Ronald Takaki takes on the topic of the “Indian Question” in Chapter nine of his book A Different Mirror – A History of Multicultural America. Francis A. Walker‚ the Commissioner of Indian Affairs‚ sought to end the hostilities between the Indians and settlers by seeking what he thought to be a mutually beneficial means of interaction with the Indians. Walker
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Ronald Takaki’s goal in writing A Different Mirror: a History of Multicultural America was to show that American history may not be as black and white as most people think it is. He wants to inform people that our history has more than one perspective to it. Like when he points out that even though he was born in the U.S‚ yet when people see him they assume he’s not American. He wants us to consider what makes someone an American our appearance or‚ were we can trace our lineage? He is trying to make
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Takaki talked about the different minority groups about how they struggled during World War II‚ and how they contributed in winning this war. Jews‚ Japanese‚ Chinese‚ Mexicans‚ and African Americans were mainly discussed about how they were treated in American society during that time of the war‚ and how it integrates with the inequality factors they have faced even though they contributed with patriotism to this land called America. Takaki talks about Hitler‚ and the genocide of Jews throughout
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to pacify labor’s unrest and served to maintain a racial and class hierarchy. Coercion: Punish the workers. control workers with authority. (fines‚ arrestment‚ physical punishment: whip) Occupational structure stratifying employment according to race. Supervisory: white‚ 1900‚ contract labor system still worked‚ under contract were bound by law to serve 3~5 yrs. Organic Act of 1900 abolished the contract labor system 1904‚ Hawaiian Sugar Planters restricted skill position. "exclude Asians. Were
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The End of the Race Thinking about the outcome of mixing races‚ are Asians and Europeans distinguishable in the distant future? As intermarriage goes intense‚ there would be many minorities in race. In contrast‚ majorities’ attitudes toward minorities generate discrimination simultaneously; minorities are more likely to be exposed to prejudice. However‚ Steve Olson says that each mixed individuals are the key to weaken the barricade between races. Matthijis Kalmijin also supports
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The End of Race What if the human races of the world all vanished into thin air? That’s what Steve Olson proposes in “The End of Race: Hawaii and the Mixing of Peoples”. According to the world everyone is made of a certain race. The two main races are White and Black (African American). But there are others as well‚ including American Indian (Alaska Native)‚ Asian‚ Hispanic (Latino)‚ Native Hawaiian (Other Pacific Islander)‚ or Other. Most people only identify as one corresponding to their birth
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Different Mirror by Takaki‚ talks about American history of the exploration age with Christopher Columbus as he encountered the native people of Caribbean‚ riots by L.A and the relationship of multiculturalism with the American society. The book has a unique aspect in that Takaki uses his major ethnic character as Caliban and also uses Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Although he uses literature as the background of history‚ it shows in the real what experiences and situations most of the immigrants go
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