The general question is asked. "Is this superior race of ours afraid of the competition with this inferior Chinese race 1" What are the real facts of the case. and why do our people fear Chinese innigration? can best illustrate the subject in the concrete. I recollect one time in Virginia City. Nevada. that a miner who was working a thonsand feet underground in the mines came to me and said : You do not fully anderstand this Chinese immigration and the effect it has uon tie. you do not thoroughly comprehend what it neas when applied to us. Yo feel ier ictly secnre in your position as the snpenoiendent of a large number Of men . and it is itmaterial to you. as far as your own position is concerned. who lie workmen may be that are tinder your conutrol . but to us it makes a vast difference. I work a thousand feet uondeergrond.
Identified stereotypes
The Chinese are referred to as an 'inferior race' and a threat to the 'superior race'.