They had come to America to find work, to make a living. It was their good fortune, perhaps, to come unburdened with many illusions about a land of freedom, a land where all men were equal. They were glad to take whatever jobs were assigned them; they realized that bosses were the same everywhere, and when the epithet Hunky was hurled at them they shrugged. It was hardly pleasant but there was nothing one could do about it. The implied denial of social and racial equality seldom troubled them; as Kracha once said, he had come to America to find work and save money, not to make friends with the
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