Session #98 · 1983–85

Speech #980255874

Mr. Speaker. House Concurrent Resolution 122 expresses the sense of Congress that the Republic of South Africa should cease Its "blackspot" policy of removing black South Africans from their ancestral land and relocating them in barren. impoverished "homelands." The resolution states that the United States should continue its policy of not recognizing the South African sovereignty of the homelands. and stipulates that visas not be granted to homelands officials traveling on homelands passports other than for humanitarian reasons. Between 1960 and 1982 the white minority Government of South Africa has forcibly removed nearly 3.4 million black people from their homes. and 1.7 million more are awaiting similar dislocation. In its efforts to completely disenfranchise the black majority. the South African regime has increasingly pursued a policy of forced removals of blacks from designated "white areas" to the socalled homelands for Africans.
Keywords matched
visas

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Victim Humanitarian

Speaker & context

Speaker
HOWARD WOLPE
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
MI
Gender
M
Date
1984-09-19
Speech ID
980255874
Paragraph
#0
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