Summary #2
In Contradictions, Ronald Takaki continues to discuss the blatant racism exhibited by the Englishmen, particularly towards Native Americans, African Americans and the Irish.
Claiming that Native Americans could not survive in white society, President Jackson sought to “abolish Indian tribal units and allow white settlers to take cultivated Indian lands” (Takaki, 81). The goal was to move the Native Americans west of the Mississippi River, so that they would be able to live in peace and have their own governments. The Native Americans, however, were not keen on giving up lands that had been theirs for generations. Those who refused to move were fined and placed in internment camps, where they were then forcibly made to move
In Contradictions, Ronald Takaki continues to discuss the blatant racism exhibited by the Englishmen, particularly towards Native Americans, African Americans and the Irish.
Claiming that Native Americans could not survive in white society, President Jackson sought to “abolish Indian tribal units and allow white settlers to take cultivated Indian lands” (Takaki, 81). The goal was to move the Native Americans west of the Mississippi River, so that they would be able to live in peace and have their own governments. The Native Americans, however, were not keen on giving up lands that had been theirs for generations. Those who refused to move were fined and placed in internment camps, where they were then forcibly made to move