A Different mirror: A History of Multicultural America Ronald Takaki is one of the foremost-recognized scholars of multicultural studies and holds a PhD. in American History from the University of California‚ Berkeley. As a professor of Ethnic Studies at the same university‚ he wrote A Different Mirror: a History of Multicultural America as a fantastic new telling of our nation’s history. The book narrates the composition of the many different people of the United States of America
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In Chapter 6 of “A Different Mirror” by Ronald Takaki‚ I read about the Irish and their history but most importantly there struggle with racism despite their white skin color. From the very start of the chapter‚ I read about their struggle and horrible conditions that they faced due to a combination of the potato famine and being colonized by the British. As for the Irish many of them initially did not want to come to the America but it was as if they were forced to leave by Britain. Little did they
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white men that had powerful authority had the mindset that all English men had‚ they deserve it all. In A Different Mirror written by Ronald Takaki‚ he explains how the English were able to acquire all they land and how they used force by any means to push out the other races. He also describes the living conditions of certain races when they are in America. Ronal Takaki opens our eyes to a different view of one of our early presidents. Andrew Jackson was for removing the Indians‚ “He supported the efforts
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everything up to the Revolutionary War in 1775. It was a period filled with ideas of Liberalism‚ Democracy‚ and the start of the U.S. political system. We begin in 1492 when Columbus stumbled upon North America‚ in his search for India‚ soon after other European countries followed‚ all with different goals. The Spanish was the first to come over in the 1500’s and quickly took jurisdiction over the southwest and Florida‚ their quest was to find gold‚ glory‚ and their God. Next‚ about 1530’s the French
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Ronald Takaki examines the struggles Mexicans faced in obtaining equal rights in his book‚ A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America. According to Takaki‚ the American people and government affected Mexican lifestyles through encroachment on their rights‚ starting just before the Mexican-American War. Takaki posits that “political restrictions” made it difficult for Mexicans to secure their “rights as citizens” and maintain their “rights as landowners” (167). Takaki explains that
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labor system 1904‚ Hawaiian Sugar Planters restricted skill position. "exclude Asians. Were not white hence ineligible to become citizens" Establish central labor bureau to set wage rates. Utilized a multitiered wage system to pay different wage rates to different nationalities. Divide-and-control system Provide incentive for bonus system. Paid once a year (similar to the year-end bonus) President Theodore Roosevelt prohibit the passage of Japanese from Hawaii to the mainland. Fight back
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Market Revolution and its influence to a Multicultural America. Ronald Takaki retells the American history from the bottom up‚ through the lives of many minorities. The stories of many ethnical groups who helped create America’s mighty economy and rich culture‚ in his book‚ A Different Mirror. All these indigenous people were a part of what America is today‚ a more multicultural country. These peoples were looking for a better life‚ and they helped create a concrete backbone for America’s economic
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Prospero and therefore the indigenous people of the Americas were below that of the European colonists. This can also be seen as a reflection of William Shakespeare’s view of colonizing North America and what was imagined the American indigenous people were like. Caliban being both the son of Sycorax and the devil‚ also seen as the product of nature‚ is very representative of how European people at the time viewed the natives in the Americas and his treatment foreshadows the brutal interactions
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A Different Mirror: Takaki’s use of the Tempest In the first chapter of “A Different Mirror” by Ronald Takaki‚ he explains stereotypes and biases of white‚ Eurocentric attitudes that have been with us since the earliest days of the colonies and settlements here. Beginning with the early colonists and their treatment of the natives‚ there is a pattern of ruthless acquisition of land and goods. According to Takaki‚ the early settlers judged native americans as lacking everything identifiable in
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decided to connect are the Fredrickson‚ Models of American Ethnic Relations reading and our book A Different Mirror by Ronald Takaki‚ Chapter Four. In Fredrickson’s reading‚ they talked about cultural pluralism; in this‚ they seek to create diversity and want everyone to be included; “cultural pluralists celebrate differences among groups rather than seek to obliterate them” (Fredrickson 6). In the Takaki book‚ it talks about how President Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson wanted the Native Americans
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