The other thing Takaki (1993) wants to know is how that process of alienation and domination created in the white man an intense rage that overpowered rationality. He wants to understand why white men, as a generalization, do not want to get along with other cultures and how they arrived at this opinion. There must have been something out there in the world to harden their hearts toward the prospect of good cross-cultural race relations. Whatever it was, or whatever they were, if there was more than one factor, he wants to know what caused it. The conquering of the Native Americans and the abolishment of slavery all happened a long time ago. There is no reason why anyone of any race should hold a grudge against another race at this point in history, but some still do, and it seems to be largely the white men that are holding grudges against other races when they should be working together to keep America on a strong footing. I do not consider any race, color, creed, culture, etc., to be good or evil. There...

As such, I try to treat everyone as though they are equal. Sometimes that is difficult because I grew up around prejudice -- but that does not mean that I have to carry those childhood memories of the opinions of other people forward into the next generation.
Takaki (1993) is right in that the things that happened among different cultures in America took place some time ago. If they were still taking place today it would be understandable why a person had a problem with them, but they are not, so it is best to let go and allow all people to live in harmony. Human nature is not going to change, overall, very quickly, but there is no reason why people cannot work toward better relationships with all people and learn not to judge someone just because of something long ago in the past.

Bibliography

Takaki, Ronald. (1993). A different mirror: A history of multicultural America. Boston: Little, Brown,…