Session #65 · 1917–19

Speech #650350742

President. If nations would assert that right upon the necessity of maintaining racial purity alone. and not upon the offensive and In many respects unfounded claim of superi. ority. there could and would be no cause of just complaint against exclusion laws. If Japan afforded such opportunities for exploitation of resources as should invite the immigration into her domains of many millions of the Caucasian race. she would be justified In saying to the Caucasian countries. "We do not question the equality of your people. but if you come In such numbers there must result either assimilation or two distinct races living ih one territory. If.we assimilate we lose the best of our Nippon character without gaining the best of yours. If we do not assimilate we destroy the solidarity of our nation. the oneness of its ideals. and thereby dim Its glory and limit its future achievements and possibilities.
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Caucasians
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Cultural threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
PORTER MCCUMBER
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
ND
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
650350742
Paragraph
#0
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