Session #97 · 1981–83

Speech #970133678

It seems as though we have come to believe that a law or document is not really official unless it is capable of confusing the typical citizen. Second. the National Government has allowed the growth of bilingual policies that send confusing signals to Americans. While naturalization and education requirements mandate proficiency in the English language. we have created bilingual election policies that seem to tell our people that knowledge of English is really not a requisite to full participation in American society. Those of us in positions of power should work to break downnot build upthe barriers of confusion that impair positive citizengovernment dialog. Mr.
Keywords matched
naturalization

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Cultural threat Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
SAMUEL HAYAKAWA
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
CA
Gender
M
Date
1981-12-16
Speech ID
970133678
Paragraph
#0
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