Session #67 · 1921–23

Speech #670004888

It is not American that it should be so. Nobody can be less willing to turn the unclean and untutored hordes from the dark places of the earth. with their "chapped hands. greasy nightcaps. and stinking breath" upon our shores to mingle and amalgamate with our population than I am. But a wise immigration policy will not make it so. There is a clean and honest type of labor over there that yearns for the privilege and profit of the plow and hoe and sickle of the southern and western fields now groaning tunder the burden of costly and inefficient labor. Besides that. there is the home. the American kitchen. if you please...numbered by their thousands and their tens of thousands. where the American housewife. of delicate texture. is crushed under the load of tubs and pots. her beautiful classic brow all ".furrowed with care." her little ones tugging at her skirts unkempt and untrained. all because the American servant of former days has gone out in pursuit of the rewards of American industry. to mix in its struggles aid bustles and rush on with the great current of fashion and luxury of American social life.
Identified stereotypes
Generalizes about 'unclean and untutored hordes' with negative physical characteristics.
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
HALLETT WARD
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
NC
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
670004888
Paragraph
#1
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