Life at the time of the Titanic's sailing was very set in classes. You either had money and were First Glass or you didn't and weren't Beyond the money classification of people, there were color and national origin separations. The Chinese were pretty close to the bottom of the barrel as far as status was concerned. Our lead, Valora, has both no money and a Chinese father. But she is going to America, come what may. We know what may come.