Chapters 5-9 of Sewing Women dove deeper into the differences between Chinese and Korean. The Chinese shop was a more family oriented shop, and although these shops had a much more sense of comfort to them, they also had their cons. The Chinese garment shop owners tended to hire only Chinese workers. These Chinese workers would most likely be relatives of other workers, which created a well and tight-knit community, but because these workers were given jobs from their relatives, it was harder for them to make mistakes because it would not only reflect on themselves, but on the relative that recommended them as well.

The Korean workers did not have this debt, which allowed them to be less afraid of asking for necessities. These workers were also more skilled and paid higher wages than the Chinese workers. They did not have people in the workplace that they could call close friends because of the fear of not being productive and losing their jobs.

Although the Korean factories hired Hispanics, both the Chinese owned, and Korean owned factories refused to hire Puerto Ricans and African Americans because they thought that these people were lazy. This is something I found really surprising. Not only do we have a economic class pyramid, we also have a ethic and racial pyramid.