Ronald Takaki presents an interesting explanation for the degradation of Africans in America over time. First, the English associated Africans with adjectives, such as sinister, malignant, or deadly. Africans were also described as monsters. These associations create a representation of Africans for English society that becomes hegemonic. So, a foundation of racism existed early on. Africans were then transported to the colonies around the late 1600s. These Africans were not yet slaves as they were placed as indentured servants. The majority of indentured servants at the time were lower class English people, so African servants were still somewhat equal to the lower class English. “White and black, they shared a condition of class exploitation
