Founders of segregation academies refused to state their racial motivations.

Evidence

“[Board of trustees chairman Joseph] Guernsey refused comment on whether the move was a result of suggestions that private schools were needed in light of federally ordered Integration of public schools.” — Wikipedia contributors, Segregation Academy, 61

Categorization

• BMF: Guernsey’s studied refusal parallels the institutional evasions in Eighteen Seventy (Vidal), where Gilded Age power is exercised through silences and unwritten understandings rather than stated intentions.