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Miss Gates, of course, is a hypocrite, but she is apparently not very knowledgeable about the history of her own country.  For, it can hardly be said that "over here we don't believe in persecuting anybody," (What about the Native Americans--not to mention African slaves?) and "there are hardly any better people than the Jews."

Not too far from Miss Gates's state of Alabama is Florida where there were signs in hotels which read, "No Jews Allowed."  Hotels such as the Fountainbleu and others that are on the lower peninsula forbade any Jewish people from lodging there.  (Ironically, nowadays, many of the hotels in South Florida are owned by them.)

As a flat character, Miss Gates typlifies people who have convoluted ideas about prejudice:  one for those with whom they live whom they perceive as a threat in some way, and one for groups with whom they have no involvement or knowledge, and they are, therefore, no threat.  She is a perfect example of the type of person who is supposeldy educated, but is totally unworldy and lacks common sense in her myopia.