The new Americans. America as a country and as society has undergone a long journey to become what it is today. There has been an immense transition between the old and the new to define new America. American has been under study as various scholars try to outline how the community has been transformed. The integration of varieties of cultures within then nations is attributed to be the biggest driving factor of change. This paper analyses the various aspects of the American society, the comparison between the past and the present as discussed by Ronald Takaki and Ruben Martinez. Labor exploitation and legalized racial discriminations role in the building of America.Ronald Takaki has outlined various aspects of the American society in his article “A different mirror.” The following is brief analysis of his sentiments; African Americans To begin with, the African American is attributed to have come to the country as slaves. They were considered different from the white laborers and were perceive to be some sort of indentured servants (Takaki, 1993, 6).