African Americans like Booker T. Washington opposed the annexation of the Philippines because

A) it was too costly and would drain the nation's resources at a time of economic crisis.
B) it would bring Filipinos into the United States and further "mongrelize" the nation.
C) the U.S. should not try expand democracy abroad while democracy did not yet exist at home.
D) It was too far away and impractical to colonize.

Booker T. Washington and other African Americans opposed the annexation of the Philippines and similar imperialist actions because they saw it as hypocritical for the United States to spread democracy abroad when African Americans were denied their rights and subjected to racial discrimination at home. They argued that the U.S. should focus on solving its own issues of racial inequality and injustice before trying to impose its will on other nations.