The anti-Semitism series’ radical critique of American society unsettled its assimilationist sponsors

Evidence

Such a diagnosis could hardly appeal to the AJC, which was intent on assimilation. This was exactly what came out in a very detailed, competent and generally positive review of Studies in Prejudice, and of The Authoritarian Personality in particular, published in the AJC journal Commentary. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 448

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes the book’s earlier finding that the Institute strategically self-censored Marxist vocabulary for its American Jewish funders. — connects to: The series title ‘Studies in Prejudice’ euphemized anti-Semitism for assimilationist caution; Anti-Semitic findings about American workers were suppressed to spare American opinion — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 675; Jewish marginality produced a radical critique of society paralleling working-class alienation (+1 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: The series title ‘Studies in Prejudice’ euphemized anti-Semitism for assimilationist caution; Anti-Semitic findings about American workers were suppressed to spare American opinion — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 675; Jewish marginality produced a radical critique of society paralleling working-class alienation (+1 more)