The allegedly inclusive author was a high-ranking editor of McClure's Magazine, a publication in which "the anti-Semitic [and anti-Italian] note was repeatedly struck" by unfounded remarks. accusations of minority involvement in criminal activity (Stout 469). American distrust of Jews and Italians has its origins in a xenophobic ideology in which these peoples stole white people's business (as reflected in the stereotype of greedy Jews) or caused unrest in the white community (as reflected in the trope of the Italian mafia); these images contrast sharply with those of the submissive bohemian girl and thus explain the disparity in the treatment reserved for immigrant groups. It is clear from her role that while Cather did not actively contribute to racism against Jews and Italians, she at least allowed discriminatory propaganda to clutter the pages of the periodical. As Cather shows no signs of remorse for these arbitrary prejudices in the years before her writing of My Ántonia, one can only assume that these hateful feelings were aimed at several of the minorities featured in her novel, such as