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When the U.S. Marines invaded and occupiedHaiti in 1915, Chomsky said President WoodrowWilson's administration deemed the Haitiansincapable of self-government because they wereBlack. The Haitians refused to accept theconstitution which the U.S. forced on them, and"well, that was Woodrow Wilson's Progressivepolicy," Chomsky said...
Ugwuegbu, who came to the U.S. from Nigeria in1985, said although Behenna used no racialepithets she believed Behenna's behavior wasracially motivated because of his "whole attitude"and because two witnesses to the incident wereBlack men. Both men, one a Roman Catholic priestand the other a former Nieman fellow, werebelieved to be out of the country and could not bereached for comment...
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