Sproat's opinion was a commonly held one for the white employers of British Columbia.
Or from the black servant who protects his white employers when fighting breaks out, in July's People.
Black English vernacular, like Pidgin, can be a barrier to communication with teachers and white employers.
In Yukon, the majority of businesses were controlled by white employers.
They do amusing takeoffs on their white employers and black overseers, though there is nothing funny about the relationships.
In one chapter, the parents argue about Double's insubordinate attitude to his racist white employer.
But later, other white employers "didn't treat us like people," she said.
That cleanup would have to wait: Lula's white employers insisted she be at their homes early the next morning to mop up the storm damage.
No longer can a training program be dominated by white employers.
Others are neglected by domestic servants whose white employers forbid a child to share the mother's back room.