The Mighty and the Obscene

The Mighty and the Obscene

When 33 Haitians, whose frail craft had capsized, drowned and were washed ashore on Florida beaches last November while 34 others managed to swim ashore, what do you suppose agitated some government officials, apart from their declared policy of preventing any “illegal” Haitians from landing in the U.S.? Had they been starving or had they eaten before drowning! (There have been ghastly accounts of ship captains killing their Haitian passengers, hac...


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