Moral Report Card for the U.S.

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This paper examines the manner in which America treated the Dominican Republic. It analyzes the government's actions in terms of morality and provides a 'morality report card' in light of these findings. It concludes that the U.S. was not very moral when dealing with the Dominican Republic during this period.

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"Worse yet, when Trujillo cut off all visas into his country "except for those [refugees] committed" (145) to the refugee camp area ("Sosua"), FDR's envoy, James Rosenberg, "was instrumental in limiting immigration" to those who were "young" and "strong." The author further explains the utter moral folly of this refugee debacle, by pointing out that "the settlement's rigorous selectivity in some says resembled the discrimination that Jews face in Europe." The bottom line was that the Sosua settlement was, in the author's words, "an anomalous showcase of humanitarianism exhibited to the world against a backdrop of repression." Did the U.S. act within "conformity to ideals of right human conduct" in this matter? The answer has to be "no," the U.S. did not behave in a morally appropriate fashion. And shame on the U.S. for its participation in this sham. Moral Report Card Grade: D+ "

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