Session #70 · 1927–29

Speech #700034158

That is the work they do. You say if these aliens come her to work. you do not want them. and if they do not work. you do not want them for some other reason. You pass an illiteracy test. and say. "We will keep the illiterates out because they are ignorant." and then after the literacy test you say that those who come here are too siart. Some of us who happen to be sons of immigrants have taken an active part in the bringing about of improving the conditions of the immigrant. When an immigrant arrives here now he is well alvised as to labor conditions and is warned against being exploited. We have broken down the padrone system. Now we have this proposition: Before the illiteracy test was imposed it was claimed that Immigrants were too ignorant. now when they pass the literacy test it is claimed they are too smart. It is impossible to satisfy some people who are opposed to any kind of immigration. Yet this country was settled. built up. and made great by immigrants.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization about immigrants being either too ignorant or too smart, depending on the speaker's bias.
Keywords matched
immigrant Immigrants immigration immigrants literacy test

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Mixed
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic contributor Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
FIORELLO LA GUARDIA
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
NY
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
700034158
Paragraph
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