Race and segregation preoccupied American audiences even in economic policy contexts

Evidence

In 1964 Hunold wrote to Röpke from a speaking tour through the U.S. Midwest that he had to change the name of one of his lectures in Peoria, Illinois. The title—­“European Economic Integration”—­had prompted the director of the local tele­vi­sion station to ask, “Do you fellows have a racial prob­lem over ­there too?” Hunold pointed out that ­people in the States ­were preoccupied above all “with integration and segregation.” In fact, the intersection of questions of race and economic order ­were at the forefront of Röpke’s concerns in this period. — Quinn Slobodian, Globalists, 550

Categorization

• CANDY: The anecdote about a TV director in Peoria misreading ‘European Economic Integration’ as a racial question is a light, shareable moment that illustrates the era’s racial preoccupation.
• SEED: Angle: the conflation of ‘integration’ (economic) and ‘integration’ (racial) in mid-1960s American discourse reveals how race saturated even economics debates — a possible essay on semantic collision.
• XREF: connects to: American racism shifted from constitutionalized segregation to privatized preference-driven apartness — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 365; Racial attitudes influence white Americans’ policy and candidate preferences beyond ideology — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3600; Racial perceptions drive political passions independent of policy effectiveness — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2018 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Racism drives whites’ policy views regardless of policy content or education #expands (0.80) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3620
• American racism shifted from constitutionalized segregation to privatized preference-driven apartness #complicates (0.78) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 365
• Race serves as the dominant decision cue for whites on race-targeted policies #exemplifies (0.78) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3736
• Racial attitudes influence white Americans’ policy and candidate preferences beyond ideology #expands (0.75) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3600
• Racial perceptions drive political passions independent of policy effectiveness #corroborates (0.72) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2018