Session #97 · 1981–83

Speech #970111118

And it is during those times that those interestsI call them the moths and the scarabs of the Statesalways hovering. but always looking out for their particular interest. and to hell with the general interest. the greatest interest of the greatest number. This is why we have the Government. And when the Congress sits back and abdicates that trusted responsibility. should we be surprised because we are being punished. flagellated. beaten out of our American standard of living. reduced to compete with the peons and the coolies of the world? And this is what we are confronting. We are confronting with the. erection of a class that in Europe they call them the lumpenproletariat. where you have rigid caste systems. even in our kith and kin countries. in England.
Identified stereotypes
Immigrants are described as 'peons and coolies' who lower the American standard of living.
Keywords matched
coolies

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Cultural threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
HENRY GONZALEZ
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
TX
Gender
M
Date
1981-11-16
Speech ID
970111118
Paragraph
#0
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