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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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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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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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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American Ethnicity and Pluralism A Different Mirror: The Making of Multicultural America Chapter Summaries 12-Author’s Note Chapter Summaries 12-Author’s Note America seemed ever promising to foreigners in other parts of the country in the early 1900’s. America was called the promise land and many migrated to give themselves and their families new hope‚ a new life‚ and better opportunities. When the immigrants landed in America‚ many were excited and ready for their new opportunities to start
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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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In chapter 17 of the book‚ A Different Mirror‚ written by Ronald Takaki‚ he discusses what Bill Clinton said in 1997 during his presidency. Clinton says one day we will all be minorities and there will be no majority race in America. He believes this because of all the people who have come from all over to America. In our lecture on April 18th‚ we discussed the previous film we watched‚ Come See the Paradise. We also discussed some of the key terms and went over some if anyone had questions. We then
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suffered great losses‚ but the fate 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
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To follow up from last week’s analysis‚ chapter fifteen of Ronald Takaki’s A Different Mirror deep drives into the era of post-World War II. Astonishingly‚ it was only a little over twenty years ago when the University of California Board of Regents member Ward Connerly formally banned affirmative action in the university admission process. For the fear that this practice promoted a form of ’reverse discrimination’ because seats would be pulled away from whites and Asians in order to favor African
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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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