Civil Rights support was compatible with liberal faith in the system
Evidence
It had been possible to support the Civil Rights movement ardently and avoid radicalization. Civil Rights was an optimistic movement, based on faith in the potential fairness of the U.S. democratic system, and on an underlying belief that sufficient moral pressure would push the nation toward realizing its inherent, true, as yet unrealized democratic destiny. — Marianne DeKoven, Utopia Limited, 692
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Civil-rights success came from appealing to the dominant group’s own stated values — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3386; Liberal rights discourse has historically justified rather than opposed empire — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 72; The 1940-45 cohort uniquely combined engagement with tolerance and bred civil rights — Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival…, 1270 (+1 more)
Broader Connections
- Civil-rights success came from appealing to the dominant group’s own stated values
#corroborates(0.93) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3386 - Liberal tolerance itself constructs and reproduces the others it claims to accept
#complicates(0.85) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 494 - The 1940-45 cohort uniquely combined engagement with tolerance and bred civil rights
#corroborates(0.80) — Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival…, 1270 - Liberal rights discourse has historically justified rather than opposed empire
#complicates(0.75) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 72