"Giddy Multitude"

"Giddy Multitude"- This term is used by Takaki in his book A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America in chapter 3 "The Giddy Multitude". He usese this term first on p. 63 to shwo that the landowners viewed white indentured servants, black slaves, and the landless freemen as the "giddy multitude". The landowners saw these people as confused and incapable of becoming a part of elite white society. This chapter is about how these landowners used the idea of white supremacy and racism to keep the lower classes of people from turning on them and have them see one another as enemies through racism. It is about the exploitation of these people, especially the black slaves, which is why the chapter is entitled "The Giddy Multitude"; it is about how these people were exploited by the elite white landowners for centuries.