Session #64 · 1915–17

Speech #640169618

Young. editor of the Chronicle. in The Annals of the American Acadmy of Political and Social Science. volume 34. page 231. As an introduction to these publications. it was said: In the accompanying article the Chronicle begins a careful and conservative exposition of the problem which Is no longer to be ignored. the Japanese question. It has been but slightly touched upon heretofore. now it is pressing upon California and upon the entire United States as heavily and contains as much of a menace as the matter of Chinese immigration ever did. If. indeed. it is not more serious. socially. industrially. and from an international standpoint. It demands consideration. This article shows that since 1880. when the census noted a Japanese population in California of only 86. not less than 35.000 of the little brown men have come to the State and remained here. At the present day the number of Japanese In the United States is very conservatively estimated at 100.000. Immigration is increasing steadily. and. as in the case of the Chinese. It is the worst she has that Japan se.nds to us. The Japanese is no more assimilable than the Chinese and he is not less adaptable in learning quickly how to do the white mans work and how to gt the job for himself by offering his labor for less than a white man can live on.
Identified stereotypes
The Japanese is no more assimilable than the Chinese and he is not less adaptable in learning quickly how to do the white mans work and how to gt the job for himself by offering his labor for less than a white man can live on.
Keywords matched
Immigration immigration

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Chinese
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Cultural threat Security threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOHN WORKS
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
CA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
640169618
Paragraph
#0
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