I was born about 100 years too late and have to confess that I think things were a lot more straightforward back when we'd never heard of "political correctness".
During the Taft administration we had some trouble with one of the little countries down there. Might have been Honduras, maybe Nicaragua, Guatemala, - one of those.
Anyway, we sent the Marines, set up a coup and overthrew their government, then installed a local politician who was on our side. Lt. Smedley Butler of the Marine Corps was detailed to bring the new President to Washington, D.C. to meet President Taft. The guy was probably really brought to Washington to sign treaties giving the rights to most everything in his pissant country to American corporations, I dunno.
No airplanes in those days, so the trip took a while. Butler and the President spent several nights in hotels on the way, but Lt. Butler wouldn't allow the guy to sleep in the same room with him. At each stop, Butler took the bed and made the President sleep on the hallway floor outside the door.
Back in Washington, Butler was asked by his commanding officer why he did that. He replied "I don't care what he's President of, he's still a n***er".
Stuff like that may account for why folks in that region still don't like us much. But things have changed now - I bet Obama gets to sleep in the bed.
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