Session #105 · 1997–99

Speech #1050005566

How does one get racial justice in America in the context of economic injustice? The reality is you cannot. The more likely outcome and one which we are currently witnessing is the dynamic scapegoating of people of color and the poor in a mean spirit. The logical result of this current economic climate is the passage of proposition 187. immigrant bashing in California and other xenophobic measures. The current racial climate engenders scapegoating by blaming the lack of jobs on affirmative action for women and people of color. In this current climate it is the politically weakest and most vulnerable among us who are being economically assaulted in the name of welfare reform.
Keywords matched
immigrant xenophobic

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Other

Speaker & context

Speaker
JESSE JACKSON
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
IL
Gender
M
Date
1997-02-13
Speech ID
1050005566
Paragraph
#0
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