Session #62 · 1911–13

Speech #620285481

We find one of our Territories compelled to seek its labor from the exceedingly cheap labor countries of China and Japan. We of the West are decidedly averse to the orientalization of any section of our country. We of the West feel that Caucasian laborers are to be preferred to Chinese and Japanese coolies. and we feel that this bill. so far as Hawaii is concerned. discriminates in favor of the oriental and against the Caucasian. It is needless for me to go into other details that make the conference report objectionable. I think those that I have enumerated show plainly that the measure has features that should never be placed upon the statute books. and for that reason I shall oppose the conference report.
Identified stereotypes
The speaker expresses aversion to the 'orientalization' of the country and prefers 'Caucasian laborers'.
Keywords matched
coolies

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
JULIUS KAHN
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
CA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
620285481
Paragraph
#2
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