Almost without exception, in talking with persons who are in a position to employ us, or who have been employing us, or who are thinking of employing us, I have found that this objection has been very largely in their minds,--that we cannot be depended upon, that we are unsteady and unreliable in matters of labour.
He notes that employers often express concerns about the reliability of African American workers.
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