Session #64 · 1915–17

Speech #640264337

As originally drawn. tills map would have excluded nearly all of Persia. but the committee got together in its room and resolved that a Persian would make a good citizen of tile United States. Accordingly they grouped him with the African. so that both of them may come in arm in arm. The Moors from Morocco can come in. the polite and cultured Inhabitant of Algeria is welcomed with open arms. tlte individual who inhabits darkest Abyssinia is a highly desirable immigrant. we open our arms to embrace him. the civilized and cultured denizen of Madagascar is invited to come. the intellectual bushman of the Congo is also eagerly sought. The Egyptian. whose Intellectual death occurred when the Pyramids were built. can also come. The committee have excluded the headhunters of Borneo. but they have admitted the headlunters and the cannibals of Patagonia and the Fiji Islandsa discrimination between the same class of people which.
Identified stereotypes
Generalizations about the desirability (or lack thereof) of people from various African regions.
Keywords matched
immigrant

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Moors Algerians Abyssinians Madagascans Egyptians
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Other

Speaker & context

Speaker
JAMES REED
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
MO
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
640264337
Paragraph
#0
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