ians were primitive, but the English were intolerant towards others' long before they came to the New World. The Indians were not singled out. When they arrived in America, the Indians reminded them of the Irish. The English conquered these people long ago, and still felt that the Irish were heathens. The English had a rooted hatred against them. Even though the Irish skin color is pale and white, their passions and way of life were foreign to the British. The British considered them lazy and non-Christian. This is an example of how skin color doesn't always make a difference. Sometimes cultural backgrounds play a stronge!
             r role in racism than just skin color. So when the English came to America, they felt that they had to "civilize" the Indians just like they did with the Irish. Their long time hatred of other cultures stemmed with their bigotry with the Irish peoples. "The native people of America were viewed as 'other'" (Takaki pg. 31). What seems ridiculous is the fact that t
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