I have met many men whose education. gathered from other sources than books. gathered from experience. surpasses the education of the college graduate who is devoid of experience and devoid of many things that only experience in the school of hard knocks can teach. Mr. President. it has been asserted here that this merely defers or delays the coining of the immigrant. because he can learn to read and write before lie ultimately comes. Why. the very condition that makes him now unable to read and write is going to make it impossible for him to learn to read and write two years from now. or four years from now. or six years from now. It is a violent assumption to think that any great class of people remain ignorant through choice.
Identified stereotypes
The speaker generalizes that immigrants are unable to read and write due to circumstances that will continue to prevent them from learning.