Session #60 · 1907–09

Speech #600143929

We asked him about that. and he said: If you will set him down to the same table at which you sit he will eat as much as youperhaps morebut If the Chinaman had to live on 2 cents a day he could do so. We asked him what he would live on. lIe said: Rice and a little dried fish. Mr. Chairman. we can not do that. In such a contest we would go to the wall. Therefore I am in favor of shutting out thiswhole horde of Asiatics and Africans. Shut out all immigrants except people of the white race. There is no sense in creating racial troubles.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization about the dietary habits and living costs of Chinese people.
Keywords matched
Asiatics immigrants

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Africans
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Cultural threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
JAMES CLARK
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
MO
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
600143929
Paragraph
#1
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