The wretched refuse of your teeming shores. Send them. the homeless. tempesttossed to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door. All Americans should experience a deep sense of pride and obligation when they hear these words. Unfortunately. some narrowminded persons attempt to justify our selfish. discriminatory immigration laws on the pretense that persons from northern Europethose with English. Irish. German. or Scandinavian names--make better citizens than those with Italian. Polish. Greek or Hungarian names and ancestry. This contradicts all our traditions and ideals and makes a mockery of the spirit expressed in the Declaration of Independence that all men are created equal.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization that people from Northern Europe make better citizens than those from Southern or Eastern Europe.