"Fella named Hines-got ’bout thirty thousan’ acres, peaches and grapes-got a cannery an’ a winery. Well, he’s all a time talkin’ about ‘them goddamn reds.’ ‘Goddamn reds is drivin’ the country to ruin,’ he says, an’ ‘We got to drive these here red bastards out.’ Well, they were a young fella jus’ come out west here, an’ he’s listenin’ one day. He kinda scratched his head an’ he says, ‘Mr. Hines, I ain’t been here long. What is these goddamn reds?’ Well, sir, Hines says, ‘A red is any son-of-a-bitch that wants thirty cents an hour when we’re payin’ twenty-five!’ Well, this young fella he thinks about her, an’ he scratches his head, an’ he says, ‘Well, Jesus, Mr. Hines. I ain’t a son-of-a- bitch, but if that’s what a red is – why, I want thirty cents an hour. Ever’body does. Hell, Mr. Hines, we’re all reds.’"

– John Steinbeck

The Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 22. Timothy Wallace, a worker at Weedpatch migrant camp, tells a story of how another worker recently arrived to California learns what a "red" is. His story details a conversation between the anonymous migrant worker and Mr. Hines, a large fruit farmer with a cannery and winery. Hines labels those who demand decent wages as "reds" or communists. While he shows prejudice against migrants by using this dangerous and derogatory term, his motivation is simply greed and to get cheap labor.