Session #62 · 1911–13

Speech #620139502

The same reason on which we exclude Mongolians does not operate with respect to the" blacks. The Chinese minister once said to me: "You are excluding us for our virtues". and I was compelled to admit that there was a good deal of truth in the observation. We exclude them because when they come here they underbid the American workman. They can live on so much less than he can live on that they can drive the American workman out of the market wherever they come in in considerable numbers. It is because of the special qualities that they possess. different from ours. but. as the Senator from Mississippi well says. not necessarily inferior to ours. that we exclude them.
Identified stereotypes
Chinese underbid American workmen.
Keywords matched
Mongolians

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
ELIHU ROOT
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
NY
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
620139502
Paragraph
#0
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