Session #92 · 1971–73

Speech #920162160

While it is true that Asian Americans have surmounted legal. economic. political. educational. and social barriers. the facts indicate that. in all too many instances. the remnants of prejudice and bigotry still pervade our society and that the Federal Government should be aware of the problems confronting the Asian American community. Thanks largely to the efforts of Chairman HOLIFIELD and Congressman MATSUNAGA. many Americans were made aware of the tragic history of the incarceration of the Japanese Americans during World War II. We have done much to repudiate the over 500 Federal. State. and local laws and ordinances directed against JapaneseAmericans in 1941. We have done much to repudiate the philosophy which allowed the evacuation of 110.000 JapaneseAmericans and allowed their imprisonment in refugee camps. But. what do we know about the prejudice that occurred after the war? What do we know about the effect of imprisonment on JapaneseAmerican culture?
Keywords matched
refugee

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Japanese Americans
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Other

Speaker & context

Speaker
GLENN ANDERSON
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
CA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
920162160
Paragraph
#0
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