Session #64 · 1915–17

Speech #640066106

Unless a man call go from below to the top. as his merit shows. in our society. there is a denial of democracy. It sounds well to talk of offering a refuge to tle oppressed of all the world. but we must also ask ourselves whether thes6 oppressed are all of them capable of ruling not only themselves but of ruling us and our children. for this is democracy. I favor this bill and the literacy test. If I could stop all iiimigration until we could mnaster our insistent problem. I- would *do so. The literacy test will in the average check tile undesirables. I would raiher have it. a test of blood and race. :nd confine our iiiimigratiou to northern Europe. but failing that. the literacy test. The illiterate are those most subject to oppression. a-!!I oppression is worse for the oppressors than the oppressed. This is proven by history.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization about the capabilities of oppressed people.
Keywords matched
literacy test

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Cultural threat Other

Speaker & context

Speaker
WILLIAM KENT
Party
I
Chamber
H
State
CA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
640066106
Paragraph
#0
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