Session #71 · 1929–31

Speech #710030712

The British quota applies not only to England and Scotland. but it applies to all of the British possessions in the West Indies and some in Africa. In other words. Mr. President. there is no further restriction proposed except as to European countries. and that operates mainly against Germany. Norway. Sweden. Denmark. and Ireland. If the nationalorigins plan should prevail. there would be a slight increase in the quota from Greece and there would be an increase of about 2.000 in the quota from Italy. Italian immigration cOles mostly from southern Italy. which is racially and culturally different than the rest of the country. The dictator. Mussolini. is cleaning house. lie will get rid of the most undesirable element.
Identified stereotypes
Southern Italians are racially and culturally different and undesirable.
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Germans Norwegians Swedes Danes Irish Greeks Italians
Sentiment
Mixed
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural Cultural threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
PETER NORBECK
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
SD
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
710030712
Paragraph
#1
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