Native Americans In Ronald Takaki's A Different Mirror
How did the English defeat everyone they came into contact with? How were they able to steal land without any consequences? The English not only felt they were the superior race, but they often had the law on their side due to them being white and of the English race. Many of the 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 of Mississippi and Georgia to abolish Indian tribal units and allow white settlers to take cultivated Indian lands” (Takaki, 2008. Pg. 81). He believed that the deaths of Indians meant that America was advancing civilization. Andrew did not feel guilty about what he stood for. Although they were laws that protected the Indians and their land, he did not obey them. Instead, he would ignore them, “Supreme Court ruled that …show more content…
The English did not understand the Indians and their lifestyle. They judged them as being barbaric and savage but were mistakenly wrong, “Before contact with the strangers from Europe, the Choctaws practiced communalism” (Takaki, 2008. Pg. 83). The Choctaws were forced to raise animals such as cattle and pigs in a farm setting. They were not longer able to go out and hunt their meals as they had for many years. Along with farming, they were also cultivating cotton fields. After treaties were made and it became legal for the English to take land they pleased, many of the Choctaw Indians moved unwillingly west of the Mississippi
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 of Mississippi and Georgia to abolish Indian tribal units and allow white settlers to take cultivated Indian lands” (Takaki, 2008. Pg. 81). He believed that the deaths of Indians meant that America was advancing civilization. Andrew did not feel guilty about what he stood for. Although they were laws that protected the Indians and their land, he did not obey them. Instead, he would ignore them, “Supreme Court ruled that …show more content…
The English did not understand the Indians and their lifestyle. They judged them as being barbaric and savage but were mistakenly wrong, “Before contact with the strangers from Europe, the Choctaws practiced communalism” (Takaki, 2008. Pg. 83). The Choctaws were forced to raise animals such as cattle and pigs in a farm setting. They were not longer able to go out and hunt their meals as they had for many years. Along with farming, they were also cultivating cotton fields. After treaties were made and it became legal for the English to take land they pleased, many of the Choctaw Indians moved unwillingly west of the Mississippi