A Minorities in American Society (arugment ) - Essay Example

Download file to see previous pages... Takaki explains the existing racism relating it with Shakespeare’s play where the early settlers dealt with Native Americans. Takaki uses the Caliban character to represent African immigrants and the Natives based on their skin color as they were considered unintelligent and were subjects of exploitations being perceived as slaves by their masters. Their dark color was highly associated with evil and was treated as something devilish. According to Takaki, Shakespeare’s Caliban character in The Tempest and the underlying predicaments compliment Takaki’s own explanation of America racism history. Takaki further dwells on this in detail, pointing out the existence of racism and social construction in America mainly on the politics. Takaki explanation notably has a direct relation to Shakespeare’s Tempest and this brings a better and clearer America’s ethnicity and racism. Takaki accomplishes this by drawing most of his illustration from Shakespeare’s The Tempest with an in-depth study of America’s movement from savagery to civilization. Bacon’s rebellion took place in Tidewater Virginia in 1676; the conflict was caused by the shortage of land. As a result of this there was intensive conflict between the Native American tribes and the white planters. ...
During the rebellion the colonial governor introduced ethnic and racial policies which favored friendly tribes while oppressing those perceived hostile. Nathaniel Bacon’s introduced “Declaration of the people “ which justified the ruthless and racial acts of the Englishmen towards Native Americans and other tribes, this further increased animosity and instability in Virginia. After the death of Bacon, domination of the planter elite continued majorly on the political systems and at the same time the policy of expansionist military was emphasized. The notable racial and ethnic establishments after the rebellion included the acceleration of chattel slavery in Virginia (Takaki, 1993). With the impacts of industrial revolution and waning of indentured servants from England, landless freeman class created the perception of the local authorities that justified slavery as favorable. This ethnic and racial perception continued to be emphasized believing that it will foster stability in Virginia. It is notable that in the book “The ‘Giddy Multitude’: The Hidden Origins of Slavery,” Takaki tries to explain the origin of slavery in United States of America and its impacts upto date. The author basically explains how slavery started and its abolishment initiatives. He shows how the both England whites and blacks were subjected to abuse and slavery. Slaves were treated poorly under the control of their brutal masters. The “Giddy Multitude” represented the population who were landless and there were wealthy big land owners. As a result of this the many free men had no freedom or right to land ownership as they had been promised and this triggered anger and revolt. As this disparity worsen the ...Download file to see next pagesRead More