Session #63 · 1913–15

Speech #630134954

We can either act as a lighthouse or as a dumping -round. We can either work out the problem of democracy amongst the fit or we calm say that we are willing to be flooded by the world and take our chances in the great world struggle. We can not digest all population that may come to this country under a policy of unrestricted immigration. We can not accept the dogma of the orthodox socialist. that every man has a right to go anywhere on the face of the earth that he chooses and there settle. We who are here owe our democracy to selected races.
Identified stereotypes
The speaker suggests that unrestricted immigration will 'flood' the country and lead to a 'great world struggle'.
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
WILLIAM KENT
Party
I
Chamber
H
State
CA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
630134954
Paragraph
#0
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