Session #78 · 1943–45

Speech #780059132

Opponents of this measure inferentially admitted this yesterday here on the floor when it was charged that this measure was an effort on the part of Republicans towean the Negro vote. I am a Democrat and a politician. and I do not believe I am naive enough to be taken in on a Republican trickbut thatis at present beside the point. As long as we have laws. either on the Federal statute books or on the statute books of any of the States. which are discriminatory toward one racea colored racethe Japanese can point to these laws and tell the subjugated peoples of the Asiatic islands and countries. "The United States is not interested in liberating you. In the United States itself they discriminate against all those who are not white. Join the Japanese new order in Asia and help kick out the hated whites." When the Japanese say we discriminate they speak the truth. and the people to wh6m they speak know it.
Keywords matched
Asiatic

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
80%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Security threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
THOMAS SCANLON
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
PA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
780059132
Paragraph
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