Question

The quote below comes from a book written by President John F. Kennedy:

[This] policy should be generous; it should be fair; it should be flexible. With such a policy we can turn to the world, and to our own past, with clean hands and a clear conscience."
--John F. Kennedy

Source: http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/show/136044

To what U.S. policy was John F. Kennedy referring when he used the term "our own past" and suggested that the United States might once have been unfair and rigid in its approach?

nuclear power

immigration

containment

environmental protection

Answer 1

immigration

Answer 2

I sorta knew because it said generous, fair, and flexible unlike the past with clear hands and consciense since that's all about slavery... but then right after I saw it also said immigrantion through the source link where your [this] is supposed to be haha

Answer 3

thank you so much :)