Takaki History

1. What surprised you or what did you learn as you read Takakis piece? The knave has no name. When they get into the island, they have a small brass disks with their realization numbers on it. Worker was called by number, still never by name 2. What were the conditions like for Hawaiis laborers? The laborers were brought to Hawaii as cheap labors. Their labor enables the planters to change sugar production into Hawaiis leading industry. Low charter, long die harding hour. 3. What was the cultural makeup of Hawaiis immigrant workers? How was this exploited by plantation owners? 923 Hawaiians and part-Hawaiians 16. 3 %Caucasians 7. 7%Chinese 9. 2%Japanese 42. 7% Portuguese 10. 6%Puerto Ricans 2. 2%Filipinos 8. 2% 4. What were well-nigh of the ways the plantation owners used to keep the workers to a lower place insure? Were these attempts always supremacyful? How did the workers respond or even counter some of those methods? Paternalism Designed to pacify labors unrest and s erved to maintain a racial and naval division hierarchy. Coercion Punish the workers. control workers with authority. (fines, arrestment, physical punishment whip) Occupational twist stratifying employment correspond to race.Supervisory white, 1900, contract labor system still worked, under contract were bound by law to serve 35 yrs. Organic Act of 1900 abolished the contract labor system 1904, Hawaiian scratch Planters restricted skill position. exclude Asians. Were not white hence undesirable to become citizens Establish central labor bureau to set lock rates. Utilized a multitiered wage system to pay different wage rates to different nationalities. Divide-and-control system Provide incentive for bonus system. stipendiary once a year (similar to the year-end bonus) President Theodore Roosevelt prohibit the exit of Japanese from Hawaii to the mainland.Fight back violentlycounterfeit couponspretend illness/workingresorted to opium and alcohol desertion from serve Striking m ainly by Japanese Most important concomitant of blood unionism Japanese Strike of 1909, Portugese 22. 5 per month, Japanese 18 A transformation from sojourners to settlers, from Japanese to Japanese American. They succeed. 1920 strike 1909 Japanese has 70% of working force, 1920 Japanese 44% Filipino 30% first major(ip) interethnic working-class unity. Head of Filipino union start the strike but the planters offered him a bribe and he called off the strike. Divide and control) The strike was not succeed. During 1920 the planter enlisted Hawaiians, Portuguese and koreans as strikebreakers. Japanese and Filipino have organize Hawaii Laborers Association (multiethnic class) Housing Pattern Pyramid and sewage system, managers, spanish, japanese and Filipino Divide and control organization of camps into different nationalities After 1909 planters ameliorate the conditions of camps (abandon barrack system to provide cottage) 5. What were some of the specific ways the workers tried a nd true to deal with their hard labor and lifestyle? Be specific.Small bit of transport and a reminder of homeland (Japanese plants bonsai, gardenn and flower around their cottage) traditional earnest baths, furos (tubs) resorted to opium and alcohol Sport (baseball) gambling (Chinese Japanese) Taxi-dance (Filipino) Religious activities Christian and Buddhism (not only a spiritual requirement but also a broad carry for ethnicity) National identities (festivals) Chinese new yearJapanese traditional festival of SoulsRizal Day Filipino Also food Chinese (bao) Japanese (sashimi or sushi or tofu) Filipino abodo (stewed garlic pork), Korean Kimchi . What were some of the ways the workers assimilated into Hawaiian American socialization and on the flip side, how did the different ethnic heritages and cultures of the workers become assimilated into Hawaiian connection? Hawaiian dish Chinese-Hawaiian Parents Workers of different nationalities began to acquire a common run-in pidgin Eng lish (combination of Hawaiian, Japanese, Portuguese, Chinese and other languages) 7. We will discuss the concept of the framework minority. In the articles, do you see examples of the possible origins behind this concept? molding minority, alsooverachieving minorityoroverrepresented minorityrefers to a minorityethnic,racial, orreligiousgroupwhose members achieve a higher degree ofsuccessthan the populationaverage. It is most commonly applied to ethnic minorities. This success is typically measured in income,education. In theUnited States, the term is associated withAsian Americans, to begin with Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Japanese, Korean Americans. 8. Throughout the course of the semester, we will be discussing in great detail the idea of the American Dream. Does Takakis narrative of the Hawaiian laborers fit into the proud image of the American Dream? Why or why not? life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or ac hievement regardless ofsocial classor circumstances of birth. I dont think the Hawaiian laborers completely fit into the inflated image of the American dream, there are still discrimination in the working class. Most sojourners original plan is to make enough property and go back to their own countries for better life.They didnt actually arise their timeworn of living in Hawaii. However, Hawaii becomes their home. Different from the continent, racial divisions is less. and they constituted a majority of population (different from the mainland. ) Also, their children were having higher education at Hawaii. Children of immigrant workers learned roughly freedom and equality and they are looking for better occupation to work (in the article, photographer, engineers, businessman.. etc)