Response to Takaki

After reading Takaki, a rush of emotions filtered through me due to the wide range and subject matter that was written in the material. However for the sake of time and space, I will only focus on a particular part that perhaps stood out to me the most and this was the manipulation tactics employed by the colonists. They were very cleverly devised and played with the emotions and psychology of the workers, but obviously when the goal was ultimate control and maximize of free labor, I don't think that was much on their mind anyway. It was interesting to read all the different reasons so many diverse groups of people were brought to America, only for exploitation and work purposes mainly. The colonists were only concerned with exerting labor from these people, however although it wasn't slavery, Takaki writes that it was almost as bad if not worse. Thus reading the article really shocked me and revealed the true extent of human nature and its ability to manipulate others for their own personal gains. The purpose of all the different kinds of individuals was literally only so that no one minority would become too strong and form a union and rebel. Now however, my final thoughts on the issue were a little different from the standard and I began to divulge on the following: although the initial intentions of the minorities being brought here were wrong and not for the right reasons, years later we can look back and appreciate their labor and struggles, as it definitely is a reason for the diversity here in the US now.