Session #94 · 1975–77

Speech #940112370

If he will only turn to page 47 of the House report which. I think. is in the distinguished Senators hand because we are considering the House billhere is section (b) under this section 4 where it says. "The provisions of subsection (a) shall apply in any State or in any political subdivision of a State which"-ah. now they begin naming them. and you do not have to be a law graduate or a Member of the Senate to understand this kind of meaning. It is that old joke where they used to give the literacy test and they brought out the Chinese newspaper down there in Mississippi. and the poor black said. "Yes. I can read that. That means no black votes in Mississippi today." That is what it said.
Identified stereotypes
Implies Chinese people were used in literacy test examples to disenfranchise Black voters.
Keywords matched
literacy test

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
80%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
ERNEST HOLLINGS
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
SC
Gender
M
Date
—
Speech ID
940112370
Paragraph
#0
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