Who is Kelly, MacDougal, Herbie from If He Hollers Let Him Go: A Novel and what is their importance? If_He_Hollers_Let_Him_Go English & Literature "Kelly

At Jones's job at Atlas Shipyards, Kelly is Jones's Irish superintendent while MacDougal is the manager of the site. Both are racist, both reluctantly tolerate Jones as the first black leaderman on the site, and both take every opportunity they can to take him down. Herbie is the union steward on the job site, and while on one level expressing support for Jones and his situation, nevertheless refuses to take actual action. He is, in short, yet another manifestation of white reluctance/resistance to ease black suffering and/or discomfort.