Likewise, the press and many civil-society groups documented and publicized not only the killings of Brown, Garner, and others, but also how those cases reflected a pattern of racially disparate treatment by the police. And when Obama announced the restoration of full diplomatic relations with Cuba, the White House described the last half-century of US policy as a “failed approach,” isolating the US, constraining its influence in hemispheric politics, and tying its hands in Cuba itself.
同样，媒体和众多民间社团不但记录并公开了布朗、加纳和其他人的被害事件，而且还公开了上述案件所反映的警方对待不同种族的差异态度。当奥巴马宣布全面恢复对古巴外交关系时，白宫用 “失败”来概括半个世纪来美国对古巴的外交政策。上述政策从实质上孤立美国，限制其在世界政治中的影响，并在古巴问题上实现自我束缚。