A new problem is presented to us. the gravest. in my judgment. we have met. A people counted by hundreds of millions. alien in race. of a civilization older than ours. so old that it regards ours with contempt. so old that it has reached a fixed type. unchanging. unchangeable. is moving toward us. Already it has taken possession of half the active labor of California. It will not stop on the Pacific. It will follow the law of emigrationhunger. It is time to consider its ultimate effect on the American people and their government. It is easy to say that we have no fear that our race and civilization cannot withstand any collision.
Identified stereotypes
Chinese people are alien in race, have an old civilization that regards ours with contempt, and are unchanging.