I refer to the fact that when we refer to American labor it is important that we give due emphasis to the word "American." There is no laboring class in America. Our workers are not ignorant. backward people incapable of making their own decisions. They are not part of a loincloth economy. They cannot be herded and driven as though they were illinformed Asiatics or Africans living in undeveloped countries or remote parts of the world. They cannot be typed as members of a permanent working class after the manner of European society. These men and women who are laborers and duespaying union members today will in many instances become members of the management and ownership groups tomorrow.
Identified stereotypes
Asiatics and Africans are described as 'illinformed' and easily 'herded and driven'.