Now one word. Down South our people have been prevented thus far from trying to solve a great problem. which they could solve probably by bringing in members of the Caucasian race. But they were afraid to take the risk of bringing down a densely ignorant p)eople. even though Caucasian. over 50 per cent of whom are not capable of reading and writinga larger percentage of illiteracy than exists among the negroes of the State of Mississippi. considerably larger. Mr. President. I hope the amendment will be defeated by Senators voting nay. and that the literacy testwill remain in the bill.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization about the ignorance of a large percentage of a group.