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Teddy Roosevelt: “But here and there a most unworthy feeling has manifested itself toward the Japanese--the feeling that has been shown in…”

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But here and there a most unworthy feeling has manifested itself toward the Japanese--the feeling that has been shown in shutting them out from the common schools in San Francisco, and in mutterings against them in one or two other places, because of their efficiency as workers.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt condemns discriminatory practices against Japanese individuals in American schools.

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