Scandinavians. and Jews from many European countries. Let us be frank about it. The opposition to this measure arises primarily from the fact that the racial strains in Hawaii are more Asiatic than European. This opposition springs from a dangerous form of racism. I know of no evidence that the people of Asia and the Polynesian Islands are inherently inferior to those of Europe. I tremble to think what the American future will be If we predicate any national policy on an assumption of inferiority in Asiatic people. All our efforts have been to cultivate our position as a great Pacific power and to obtain the friendship of other Pacific nations. We have recently repealec the Chinese Exclusion Act and have condemned the racial discrimination which it implied. China has been our ally and we have testified unbounded faith in its people. We have gone to the limit in our gift of independence to the Philippines.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization about inherent inferiority of Asiatic people.