Session #71 · 1929–31

Speech #710179299

They are a different race entirely. everyone of them. They have different habits. They have the distincton of beingwell. the Senator knows what we call them when they come over here. They come over here as railroad workers. and lots of good people come over. I am not denying that. but -the general riffraff. 90 per cent of the peoplewho come over from the European or the Asiatic countries come over here as cheap labor. We do not want those people. We might just as well state it as plain as day. it is not that kind of people we want to come over here.
Identified stereotypes
Europeans and Asians are described as 'general riffraff' who come to the US as cheap labor.
Keywords matched
Asiatic

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Asians
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
ARTHUR GOULD
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
ME
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
710179299
Paragraph
#1
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