“Giddy Multitude” (+ why this is the chapter title)

“Giddy Multitude” (+ why this is the chapter title): According to Takaki on page 63, Giddy Multitude is a discontented class of indentured servants, slaves, and landless freemen, both white and black. It is the title of his chapter because he believes it is important to note that whites and blacks were not separate in the beginning. Social class was the major division. Takaki later clarifies that a giddy multitude occurs anytime racial or ethnic boundaries are crossed and the lower class unifies to rise up against the upper class.