Their children of Irish. German. and Scandinavian extraction are among the leaders of the Nation our captains of industry. the framers of our laws. Hence. these. the elder immigrants. are now termed the desirables. while those who now arrive are the undesirable. The former are desirable. because. it is said. very few of them come over here at the present time. the latter are undesirable because they are now coming In considerable numbers. The Irish. the Germans. and the Scandinavians and their children who have been received are often heard to say that the Italians. the Slovenians. the Hungarians. and the Russian Jews are undesirable. probably because they speak another tongue. or when they first arrive are arrayed In different garb. or because they come from a different quar ter of the world and pray and think and make love in a different language.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization that certain groups are undesirable because they speak a different language, dress differently, or have different customs.