They then presume that the present population of this country is represented by the ratios those three races bear to the total number that came in. and that. therefore. the present population is so much French and so much English and so muchI German. As a matter of fact. they are none of any of these. As a matter of fact. it is a composite race. in whose veins flows the blood of probably 5 or 10 or 15 or 20 different races. I say it was idiotic. nonsensical. and was born of but one desire. since we want to use harsh terms. and that was further to restrict immigration under a cloak. a sham. a fraud. a pretense. That is all there is to it. and all there ever was to it. We hear a good deal about this wonderful American citizen.
Identified stereotypes
Generalizing about the racial makeup of the population.