Session #93 · 1973–75

Speech #930294272

Paul Hall. testifying for the Seafarers Union. came before us. and he said he would offer those people a nostrike agreementno strike. just negotiating. if we cannot come to terms. we will not go out on strike. The oil companies said nothing doing. Nothing doing. They like it too well the way they have it. And why should they not? They can pick up these poor coolies out of Hong Kong. they can pick up South Americans out of Belem. Brazil. pick up some poor Pakistani or some poor Hindu out of India. and if those poor souls are dissatisfied for a moment. just dump them off at the first port they come to. Mr.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization about exploiting workers from Hong Kong, South America, Pakistan, and India.
Keywords matched
coolies

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
South Americans Pakistanis Hindus
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
RUSSELL LONG
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
LA
Gender
M
Date
—
Speech ID
930294272
Paragraph
#0
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