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Despite Americans' Second Thoughts, Czechs Admire Woodrow Wilson

Natalie Liu

   WASHINGTON - The legacy of former U.S. president Thomas Woodrow Wilson
   is going through a harsh re-examination by supporters of the Black
   Lives Matter movement in the United States,butin at least one country
   abroad, his place in history is undisputed.

   Wilson, who occupied the White House from 1913 to 1921, "is being
   criticized for his allegedly racist views as far as I know," said
   ZdenekBeranek, the Czech Republic's second-ranking diplomat in
   Washington.

   The Czech people do not approve of any form of racism, Beranek said in
   an interview with VOA, but "we appreciate what he did for our nation.
   '¦ Wilson invested his political capital to the independence of my
   country."

   Wilson,known internationallyfor his role in reshaping world affairs
   after World War I, has recentlycome under scrutiny amida national
   movement to remove statues of Confederate generals and other historic
   leaders accused of having owned slaves or supported racial segregation.

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