Orientalist racism of Philip Hitti

He writes in "The Syrians in America" (1924) in a section titled "Vices of Servitude": "While in general the Syrians stand on a high plane of morality, yet they share with all subject races certain vices of servitude.  Their standards of veracity are perhaps not on a par with those of the Occidentals.  In matters where the temptation for affectation of dissimulation is especially great, they are more likely to succumb".  Their business probity is not considered by some as of the highest type." (p. 31-32).