Session #102 · 1991–93

Speech #1020053295

This amendment now pending will put an end to this disgraceful power play by the quota crowd in the Federal bureaucracy. You are bound to think and ponder. Mr. President. where is America heading? America quo vadis? Do we want a nation where privilege and employment are handed out on the basis of group identity rather than on merit? Already police and firemen in our major cities are clashing over who can be classified as black or Hispanic to ensure that they will receive What? Job preference. because of their minority status. There comes your friend the quota system. Check the newspapers in San Francisco. Chicago.
Keywords matched
quota system

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Black
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Other

Speaker & context

Speaker
JESSE HELMS
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
NC
Gender
M
Date
1991-06-25
Speech ID
1020053295
Paragraph
#1
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