Session #79 · 1945–47

Speech #790016254

Let me say to the gentleman from Virginia that Alaska is a large Territory. with an area of about 580.000 square miles. Alaskan waters constitute some of the finest fishing grounds on earth. yet the people who live there are not allowed to make a living out of their own waters because those traps are owned by monopolies which ship In a bunch of Chinese coolies or bring in people from elsewhere during the short season the salmon are going up the streams. thus leaving the people of Alaska without employment. What I should like to see is the same policy put into effect in Alaska that Canada has put into effect in British Columbia and other Maritime Provinces. and what various States of this Union have done. and give the individual citizen of Alaska the right to make a living on his own fishing grounds.
Identified stereotypes
Implying Chinese laborers are exploited and take jobs from Alaskans.
Keywords matched
coolies

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOHN RANKIN
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
MS
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
790016254
Paragraph
#0
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