Session #64 · 1915–17

Speech #640169642

What is it that constitutes the discrimination complained of. and by whom is this discrimination exercised? Let us go to the root of the matter and see how consistent Japan Is in making this complaiit. Mr. President. if there is any just cause for complaint of discrimination it is against the National Government and not my 9tate. The naturalization laws of the United States prevent a subject of Japan becoming a citizen by naturalization. He is directly discriminated against in this way. and that on account of his race and color. In the act providing for the naturalization of aliens it is provided (U. S. Rev.
Keywords matched
naturalization

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOHN WORKS
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
CA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
640169642
Paragraph
#0
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